inter-scholastic athletics competition
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
narrow margin; slim margin
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
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
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
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
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 (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)
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 know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
clapper; noisemaker; bird rattle; naruko; wooden clapper (held in both hands and shaken)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
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
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); 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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
(water-filled) paddy field
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally