lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
goodbye; farewell; so long
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
team competition; team game
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
story; tale; talk; discussion
championship; title (of champion)
second day of the month; two days
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
pupil; student; schoolchild
participation; joining; entry; adherence
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
association; society; organization; organisation
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire