character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
(political) administration; political power
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
independent state; independent nation
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
burial mound for severed heads
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)