theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
exhibition game; preseason game
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
match; game; bout; contest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
southern part; the south (of a region)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
Big Ditch; Mississippi (river)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to face on; to look out on to
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
district; section; sector
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
overall victory; championship
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...