preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
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
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
early on; earlier on; from early
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
foreign; abroad; overseas
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
participation; joining; entry; adherence
each nation; many nations; many countries
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
appearing together; co-acting; co-starring
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
number one; first; best; most; game; round
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry