year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
number one; first; best; most; game; round
first calligraphy of the year
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
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
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
of course; certainly; naturally
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; from the start; from the outset
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
living together; communal life; cohabitation
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
pupil; student; schoolchild
to collect; to assemble; to gather
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)