exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
Nippon Ham (meat packing firm)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pitching ability; counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); counter for casts (of a line)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event