Japan's best; number one in Japan
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
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.
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to collect; to assemble; to gather
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
by means of; due to; because of; according to
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
war; battle; match; game; competition
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
branch office; branch store
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
difficult to ...; hard to ...
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
large quantities of alcohol; heavy drinking; heavy drinker