year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
galactic empire (in science fiction)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
region; limits; stage; level
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
extermination; annihilation
war; battle; match; game; competition
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 start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement