to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
war; battle; match; game; competition
loss; defeat; counter for losses
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
looking over; glancing through
head start; initiative; preemption
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
still (continuing); as ever; further
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
succeeding; following; trailing; next
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber