unpreparedness;  falsehood;  Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged);  katana;  scalpel;  chisel;  burin;  knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
 fashion;  way;  school (of thought);  class;  rank;  current (electrical, water, etc.)
 nth generation;  nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
 (present) head of a family
 Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
 house;  residence;  family;  household;  lineage;  family name
 army;  armed forces;  military authorities;  team;  group
 general manager;  general superintendent;  general director (of a film, etc.)
 bizarre plan;  perplexing strategy;  outlandish scheme
 man (esp. one who is well-respected);  samurai;  person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed);  member
 blame;  censure;  rebuke;  reproof
 small peninsula;  cape;  promontory;  headland
 the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
 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
 unusual form;  different shape;  variant (e.g. kanji, kana)
 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 chase;  to run after;  to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.);  to drive out;  to get rid of;  to drive (e.g. a herd)
 two persons;  two people;  pair;  couple
 indicates sentence subject (occasionally object);  indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions);  but;  however;  regardless of;  whether (or not)
 to begin;  to start;  to happen (again);  to begin (anew);  to date (from);  to originate (in)
 the whole world;  the whole country;  society;  the public;  supremacy over a nation;  government of a country;  having one's own way
 to rule over;  to govern;  to command;  to integrate;  to consolidate;  to unite
 extent;  degree;  limit;  bounds;  (span of) time;  (a) distance;  the state of
 force;  strength;  capability;  ability;  efficacy;  effect;  effort
 to hold (in one's hand);  to take;  to possess;  to have;  to maintain;  to keep;  to last
 to be called ...;  to be referred to as ...
 that;  the;  part (as in "part two");  um ...;  er ...
 book;  volume;  this;  present;  main;  head
 just;  right;  pure;  genuine;  truth
 garden;  yard;  courtyard;  field (of action);  area
 bat (Chiroptera spp.);  umbrella;  opportunist;  turncoat
 starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
 indicates sentence topic;  indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated);  adds emphasis
 preparations for a journey
 good;  advantage;  sake;  purpose;  consequence;  result
 at (place, time);  in;  to (direction, state);  toward;  for (purpose);  because of (reason);  for
 first (of all);  firstly;  probably;  most likely;  more or less (satisfactory);  on the whole