senior high school; high school
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
senior high school; high school
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
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.
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
first championship win (esp. sumo)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
suffix for familiar person
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?