player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
February; second month of the lunar calendar
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
cheering group; cheering squad
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
by means of; due to; because of; according to
junior high school student; middle school pupil
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
connection; linking; linkage; link
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to rescue from; to help out of; to save