to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
inter-scholastic athletics competition
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
until now; so far; up to the present
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
such; like that; that sort of; very
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
together; at the same time; same; identical
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement