seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
match; game; bout; contest
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
banquet or reception hall
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
how; in what way; how about
of course; certainly; naturally
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise