indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
batter's box; one's turn at bat
continuation; succession; series; continuous
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
16th day of the month; 16 days
senior high school; high school
baseball player; ballplayer
right (to do something); authority; power
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court; 1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan; 1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
charity school; charitable school
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
(not) even once; (not) ever
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
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.
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
that day; the very same day
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with