novel; original; new; innovative
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
greatest mistake of one's life
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
-less; lacking; non-existing
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
no regrets; without regrets
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
suffix for familiar person
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
library (usu. single-room); small library
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
inter-scholastic athletics competition
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan