bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
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
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
flash (of light); glint; schiller
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
tank (military vehicle); chariot
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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
function; facility; faculty; feature
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism