belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
same; similar; (just) like; equal
screening meeting; trial meeting; qualifying competition
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to look forward to something
notice; attention; observation
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth
the same; the said; likewise
time; season; period; phase; stage
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances