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)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
government; administration
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
by means of; due to; because of; according to
joint service for the war dead
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
attendance; presence; appearance
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
mourning (dead persons); memorial