enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
divine protection; divine blessing; blessed; fortunate; monetary offering (to a temple or shrine); form of Edo period business tax
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
war; battle; match; game; competition
senior high school; high school
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
wasteland; area overgrown with weeds
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
success; prosperity; boom
audience; spectator; spectators
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
audience; attendance; hearers
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
such a thing; something like that
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see