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
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
latest information; latest news; update
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
deciding match; play-off; runoff
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
match; game; bout; contest
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 hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
by means of; due to; because of; according to
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
drama; play; powerful drug
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to gain a victory; to win
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
war; battle; match; game; competition
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
crown of victory; laurels; honor; glory; fame
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)