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
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
time; hour; period; class
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.); acting as ball boy; ball boy; player (in a tennis club, etc.) assigned the role of ball boy
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
myself; yourself; I; me; you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
inter-scholastic athletics competition
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
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.)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
and yet; though; when; in spite of
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately