selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
beginning; outset; first; onset
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
name; given name; first name
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
suffix for familiar person
since when; from when; how long
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
what kind of; what sort of; what
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
case; occasion; situation; circumstances