first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
inter-scholastic athletics competition
second day of the month; two days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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 hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
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
king; monarch; ruler; champion
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
educational institution; school; academy; campus
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
even though; despite; when
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
really; truly; indeed; good grief
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)