long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
rival; competitor; competition
educational institution; school; academy; campus
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
of course; certainly; naturally
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
thundering; roaring; rumbling; booming
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
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.
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
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 leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely