more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
short program (in figure skating)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
deciding match; play-off; runoff
survival; survivor; relic
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 hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
one's home country; one's homeland
Leo (constellation); the Lion
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
first championship win (esp. sumo)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
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)
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
overall victory; championship
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
war; battle; match; game; competition
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering