preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
... years old; age (of) ...
you said; he said; even if; 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?
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
appearing together (in a film, play, etc.); performing together (at a concert, etc.); acting together; co-starring; playing together (in a sports match)
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 (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); 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; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
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