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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

6

boy; man; male

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

27

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

5

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

8

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

12

queen

4

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

3

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

1

until now; so far; up to the present

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

31

four

2

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

1

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

4

dark horse

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

14

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

86

thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood

1

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

9

how; in what way; how about

4

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

11

that; those; the

12

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

1

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

13

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

8

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

4

honorific/polite/humble prefix

3

Tokyo

4

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

1

to want; to desire

1

lamp chimney

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

38

successive championships

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

4

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

7

to guarantee

1

you

2

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

3

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

burn; scald

2

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

new; unused; new

2