board chairman; managing director; chief director
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
how; in what way; how about
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
student; follower; students and pupils
nothing but; except; no more than
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
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 knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to have no chance (of succeeding)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
shirizumo; back-to-back sumo; game in which players push each other with their buttocks
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
and; AND (Boolean operator)
game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...