Japan's National High School Baseball Tournament (Koshien)
district; section; sector
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
second month of the lunar calendar
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
senior high school; high school
Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
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
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
individual; private person; personal; private
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
eighth month of the lunar calendar
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result