country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
war; fighting; fierce competition
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
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
acceleration; speeding up
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
each place; various places
national border; provincial border
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to be damaged; to receive damage
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
queendom; country ruled by a queen
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
by means of; due to; because of; according to