preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dukedom; duchy; principality
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
summer vacation; summer holiday
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.
use; utilization; utilisation; application
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
insect catching; bug catching
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to force to do; to compel
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
of course; certainly; naturally
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
readiness to die; (in the) face of death