fresh made;  freshly baked;  freshly roasted
 nine;  team;  players on a team;  no
 Aomori (city, prefecture)
 large;  big;  great;  prominent;  -sized;  as big as;  university
 interval;  period of time;  among;  between;  good opportunity;  chance
 at;  in;  at;  when;  by;  with;  and then
 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
 first match (in a series)
 opponent;  adversary;  the competition;  the other side;  one's enemy
 indicates sentence topic;  indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated);  adds emphasis
 original method or procedure;  serious;  orthodox;  classical
 idol group;  boy band;  girl group
 commercial (radio, TV, etc.);  ad;  construction management;  contract manufacturer;  customer management;  court martial
 member;  participant;  attendee;  lineup (sport)
 tsubo;  traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters;  tsubo;  traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters;  tsubo;  traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
 mound;  heap;  hillock;  burial mound;  tomb;  tumulus
 skillful;  adroit;  craft;  craftsmanship;  plot;  scheme
 that;  the;  part (as in "part two");  um ...;  er ...
 (real) ability;  true strength;  merit;  arms;  force
 genuine article;  real thing;  real deal
 space (between);  gap;  period of time (during, while);  duration;  between (two parties or things);  among (a group);  relations (between)
 famous product;  special product;  speciality;  specialty
 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.
 by means of;  due to;  because of;  according to
 to finish;  to stop;  to close (a business, etc.);  to close down;  to put away;  to put back
 to use (a thing, method, etc.);  to make use of;  to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.);  to employ;  to use (time, money, etc.);  to spend
 chawanmushi;  savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
 bread;  (sweet) pastry;  staff of life;  one's bread
 victory or defeat;  match;  contest;  game
 to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.);  to throw down the gauntlet;  to tackle (e.g. a problem);  to attempt;  to pressure (someone) for sex;  to make advances to
 important;  momentous;  essential;  principal;  major
 point (of a story, argument, etc.);  point (e.g. in stock exchange movement);  percentage point;  switch;  points;  point;  site
 as (i.e. in the role of);  for (i.e. from the viewpoint of);  apart from... (used to change the topic);  even (e.g. "not even a single person");  thinking that...;  trying to...
 Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
 at (place, time);  in;  to (direction, state);  toward;  for (purpose);  because of (reason);  for
 water;  liquid;  fluid;  moisture;  humidity;  sap
 many;  numerous;  large amount of;  large quantity of;  frequent;  common
 bad (taste);  unpalatable;  poor;  unskillful;  ugly;  unattractive
 French bread (esp. baguette);  breadstick
 to make;  to produce;  to prepare (food);  to brew (alcohol);  to raise;  to grow;  to till
 to give;  to let (one) have;  to give;  to do for one;  to take the trouble to do;  to do to someone's disadvantage
 if;  when;  and;  with;  used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.);  promoted pawn;  indicates a question
 appeal;  call for something;  request;  axiom
 no good;  not serving its purpose;  hopeless;  wasted;  cannot;  must not