to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
casualties; the killed and wounded
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
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
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
still; as yet; as it has been
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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.
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
tank (military vehicle); chariot
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
ambush; interception; counter-attack
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat