preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
(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
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
innumerable; countless; numberless
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
battlefield; battleground
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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.)
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
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 clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe