age of the Moon; number of days since the new moon; age in months (esp. of an infant)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
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
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
group; party; team; squad; section
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
district; section; sector
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
storehouse; warehouse; godown
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that day; the very same day
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
explosive; blasting powder
door; gate; opening; title page
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
troops; group members; team members
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side