river; stream; River; the ... river
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
inter-scholastic athletics competition
arriving at the same moment
overall victory; championship
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to say; to tell; to state; to do
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
senior high school; high school
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
starting (construction) work
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that