war situation; progress of a battle
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
for example; for instance; e.g.
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
difference; variation; difference
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow