preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
minimum; at the very least
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
every year; yearly; annually
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
leadoff batter; first batter; first person appearing (witness, performer, etc.)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
sliding; slipping; slide; "slide" under the opponents stones by playing a move (usually keima or ogeima) on the second line
start of a romance; beginning of love
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
7th day of the month; seven days
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
6th day of the month; six days
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to think too much; to be over-concerned
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
empirically; from experience
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
promising without due consideration
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
to get distracted; to jump off the track
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit