martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
had better ...; had better not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
life; living; I; me; student
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.
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
rival; competitor; competition
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
all present; all concerned; all of us
honorific/polite/humble prefix
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity