the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
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
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
generation; the world; the age
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
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 support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
blood vessel; blood relationship
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to govern; to manage; to subdue
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
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
unification of the whole country
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
conviction; belief; confidence