inter-scholastic athletics competition
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
second day of the month; two days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
difference; variation; difference
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
in succession; one by one
dropout; quitter; deserter
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
educational institution; school; academy; campus
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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 catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
head; lead; vanguard; first
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!