to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nothing but; except; no more than
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
suffix for familiar person
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
next; following; subsequent; stage; station