once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
beginning; outset; first; onset
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
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to rage; to run amok (amuck); to tear around
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at that time; in those days
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
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.
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to burst open; to pop; to split
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
in succession; one by one
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
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
number one; first; best; most; game; round
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet