finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; in any case; (lit.) whether you laugh or cry
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
school; proofreading; proof
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
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 show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
match; game; bout; contest
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
half-game consisting of an east and south round
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
total; totalling; adding up; comprehensive; all-inclusive; all-encompassing
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!