special training; intensive training; crash course
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
match; game; bout; contest
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
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
Nagano (city, prefecture)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
Saitama (city, prefecture)
dry riverbed; river beach
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
please (give me); please (do for me)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
serious; not joking; straight
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
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
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
submersion; inundation; being flooded
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
shipping; shipment; forwarding
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at