indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
match; game; bout; contest
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
just because; even if; even though
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
ten best people (in a particular field)
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
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.)
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit