high and inside pitch; inter-scholastic athletics competition
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
extremely; very; really; super; so
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)