time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
troubled times; turbulent times
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
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 stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
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.)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to serve; to work for; to attend
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...