senior high school; high school
Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
championship; title (of champion)
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
all; entire; whole; altogether
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Japan's best; number one in Japan
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
poor physical health; bad shape
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
tension; mental strain; nervousness
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
at least; at most; (even) just
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
it is not (like that) either
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...