after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
individual match; single game
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
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.
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
suffix for familiar person
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
team competition; team game
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
notice; attention; observation
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to win and advance to the next round
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...