Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
military vessel; war fleet
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.
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
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
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
accomplishment; execution
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
if it is the case that ...
honour; honor; glory; privilege
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to say; to be called; to do
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
our country; our land; one's own country
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
don't you think?; indicates question
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
of course; certainly; naturally