uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
match; game; bout; contest
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
river; stream; River; the ... river
senior high school; high school
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in comparison to; rather than
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
two persons; two people; pair; couple
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
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
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
female high-school student
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
incompetent; have no merit
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice