today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
knowing; (an) acquaintance
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
Japan's best; number one in Japan
many; numerous; various; large number of
tradition; legend; folklore
to establish; to formulate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
continuation; succession; series
every year; yearly; annually
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
school of one's (first, second) choice
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
together (with); at the same time; in a lump