stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
fate; destiny; predestination
drama; play; powerful drug
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
story; tale; talk; discussion
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
Japan's best; number one in Japan
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
government office; agency; board
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
corporate (e.g. sports team); business organization; business corporation
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
beginning; outset; first; onset