the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
group stage (of a tournament); pool stage
first match (in a series)
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
match; game; bout; contest
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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 give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
actual state (of things); actual conditions; reporting live; live broadcast; Let's Play (playthrough of a video game with player commentary)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
leading person; foremost figure
(senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
it is I who should say so
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
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 teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
don't you think?; indicates question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification