matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
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 become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
unification of the whole country
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
adds force or indicates command
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
wherein; therein; thereinto
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress