indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to attack; to assault; to assail
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
older brother; elder brother
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
by means of; due to; because of; according to
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to sentence; to assign a penalty
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
Shibata Katsuie (1522?-1583.6.14)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sword; blade; single stroke
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop