history of; experience of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
sixth day of the month; six days
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
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
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; a second time
fort; stronghold; fortification
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)
series of battles; successive battles
to rank next to; to come after
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
maintenance; preservation; improvement
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
is something that; is that which
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
still; as yet; as it has been
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
time; hour; period; class
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
alone; by oneself; on one's own
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...