indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
head; brains; intellect; understanding
war; battle; match; game; competition
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
although there are many of them
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
several hundred; hundreds (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from the beginning; from scratch
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding