that's the way it is; such is life
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
amount of money; sum of money
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
prize money; monetary award; reward
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
overall victory; championship
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
such; like that; that sort of; very
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
intercollegiate; intercollegiate game; intercollegiate competition
intercollegiate; intercollegiate game; intercollegiate competition
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
championship; title (of champion)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
article; news story; report; account
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
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)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively