in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
senior high school; high school
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
inter-scholastic athletics competition
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
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 miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
major incident; major happening; big scandal
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
don't you think?; indicates question
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo