Lesson 7

50 of 125 Vocabulary

the whole country
death in battle
player (of a sport)
Central League (Japanese baseball league)
mass meeting ②tournament ③grand event
to make war (on) ②to compete (against) ③to struggle (against adversities, etc.)
in an instant ②suddenly
after all ②but ③even ④too
exit ②outlet
staying up all night
tournament ②knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination)
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
as (i.e. in the role of) ②apart from... (used to change the topic) ③even (e.g. "not even a single person") ④thinking that...
cannot do without something ②have to do
to throw ②to give up ③to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to line up ②to rival
something like ...
how many times ②how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
popularity ②condition (e.g. market)
Pacific League (Japanese baseball league)
beginning ②first (in line, etc.) ③origin
to start ②to start up (a business, society, etc.) ③to start ...
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)
Note: In order to match dictionary entries, some of the words listed here are shown in simpler forms than what you see in the book, and compound words may be split into multiple entries.