opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(some) more; even more; longer; further
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
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.
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why