mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
fourth day of the month; four days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
war; battle; match; game; competition
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
annual (plant); first-year student
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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
results; record; grades; marks
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
senior high school; high school
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
being bunched up together; being crowded together
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
difference; variation; difference
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal