indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to win the prize; to win the ring
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
match; game; bout; contest
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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 break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)