all of Japan; the whole of Japan; all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships; Japan national team
championship; title (of champion); championship game; championship tournament
fall season; autumn season
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cheilopogon agoo)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
surely (not); certainly (not)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
match; game; bout; contest
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
don't you think?; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
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.
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction