senior high school student
while; during; while; although; all; both
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
at that time; in those days
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
national road; national highway
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
great player; star player
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become