(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
senior high school; high school
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
future (usually near); prospects
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)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
study; diligence; discount; reduction
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
standard; set; routine; decided
woman; female; feminine gender
sorry; excuse me; thank you
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh