preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
person in charge; official; attendant
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
rolling (something); knocking down; fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line; repeatedly buying and selling
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
team competition; team game
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
strategist; tactician; schemer
new record (in sports, etc.)
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even