inter-scholastic athletics competition
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
narrow margin; slim margin
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
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
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
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
succeeding; following; trailing; next
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in succession; one by one
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
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
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
successively; one after another
cloth bib displaying a competitor's number; athlete's number
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
senior high school; high school
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(water-filled) paddy field
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally