fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
senior high school; high school
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
boat; rowboat; rowing boat
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; from the start; from the outset
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
by myself; in person; by oneself
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
contrived; false-sounding
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
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.