hello; good day; good afternoon
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
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
now; the present time; just now; another; more
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
first match (in a series)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
number one; first; best; most; game; round
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)