junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
participants; participating athletes
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 decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
qualifying tournament; preliminaries; trials; primaries
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
elliptical shape; oval shape
athletic field; athletics stadium
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform top; sweatsuit; tracksuit; Jersey (cattle)
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
same; similar; (just) like; equal
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
while; during; while; although; all; both
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...