(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
poor physical health; bad shape
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
participants; participating athletes
in that way; thus; so; so?
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
failure; mistake; blunder
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
if so; in that case; in that situation
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
number one; first; best; most; game; round
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock