or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
the place for; the time for; the level of
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
inter-scholastic athletics competition
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
surely; certainly; without doubt
of course; certainly; naturally
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
match; game; bout; contest
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
please; somehow or other; one way or another
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)