exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
physical education; PE; gym (class)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
sports ground; sports oval
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
match; game; bout; contest
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
just because; even if; even though
all; entire; whole; altogether
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
storehouse; warehouse; godown
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally