indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
competitive swimming; swimming race
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
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
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
individual medley (swimming)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
third day of the month; three days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
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