behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
Japanese contingent; Japanese players; Japanese competitors; Japanese companies; Team Japan
game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
influence; effect; impact
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
one's first campaign; one's first battle
most (numerous); largest (number of)
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
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 boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
feeling; sense; impression
don't you think?; indicates question
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise