decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
extract; excerpt; selection
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
battlefield; battleground
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
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.
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
suffix for familiar person
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case