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)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
war; fighting; fierce competition
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
in the meanwhile; during the time
each nation; many nations; many countries
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
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 track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
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
tool; implement; means; furniture
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
-less; lacking; non-existing
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction