Words — 3 found
かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん
勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍
1. might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel armyProverb
か
1. indicates a questionat sentence end
- すうふん数分
- かん間 、
- じかんをさ時間をさいて
- くれません
- か 。
- たす助けて
- いただき
- たい
- のです
- が 。
2. indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect questionat the end of a subordinate clause
3. or; whether or not; either ... or ...as ...か...（か）
- なぜ
- かれ彼
- が
- おこ怒った
- の
- か
- は
- まった全く
- はっきり
- している 。
5. hmm; huh; I wonder (if, why, etc.); it might (be); maybe; perhaps it's (because of); could it be (that)indicates uncertainty, conjecture, doubt, etc.
6. shouldn't we ...?; why don't we ...?; what about ...?; how about ...?; let's ...; may I ...?; could you ...?indicates invitation, suggestion, or polite request; after a negative or volitional
8. won't you ...?; why don't you ...?; couldn't you (e.g. have done differently)?; shouldn't you ...?indicates indirect command or critique; usu. after a negative
9. why should ...?; why would ...?; would I (really) ...?; who could have (guessed, foreseen, etc.) ...?; how could ...?; how should ...?indicates irony or rhetorical question
10. OK?; (you) understand?; got it?; really?; right?; didn't (I, you, etc.) ...?used to confirm or emphasize information
11. oh; wow; how (incredible, strongly, badly, etc.)indicates surprise or strong emotion
12. come to think of ...; ... you say?; ah; now that (you, it, etc.) ...indicates (sudden) realization or recollection
14. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -ySee also 定か, suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an uninflectable word
15. in that wayArchaic