at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
place; situation; position; location
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
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
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.
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the big two...; two major...; two main...
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
northern part; the north (of a region)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
possession (esp. of a territory)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
southern part; the south (of a region)
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
between both countries; bilateral
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
useless; vain; aimless; idle
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end