present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
senior high school student
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
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 aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
police officer; policeman; policewoman
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding