overall victory; championship
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
myself; yourself; I; me; you
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
March; third month of the lunar calendar
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
team competition; team game
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
special training; intensive training; crash course