royal capital; imperial capital
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
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 take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
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
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
group; bunch; crowd; group
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
preparation; provision; guarding
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard