intermission (between acts); interlude
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
steel; sword steel; sword
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
great war; great battle; world war
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
commercial paper; CP; communist party; CP; cerebral palsy; cerebral paralysis; counterpurchase
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
extract; excerpt; selection
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
dungeon; dungeon (in an RPG or video game); (underground) labyrinth
town; city; municipal; urban
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
many; much; plenty; hardly
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
24 hours; twenty-four hours
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
change; alteration; modification
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to live; to reside; to inhabit
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)