year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
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.
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
founder; originator; pioneer
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
death (of an emperor); demise
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...