matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
one day; (on) a certain day
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to live through; to survive
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
war; battle; match; game; competition
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to