this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
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
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
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.
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
military sword; saber; sabre
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
dozens; scores of; decades
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
though; notwithstanding; although
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
silence; stillness; quietness
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as