expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
educational institution; school; academy; campus
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
number one; first; best; most; game; round
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
lucky seventh (inning); seventh-inning stretch
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
how many months?; how long?
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
second; number two; runner-up
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
interior angle; internal angle; inside corner
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite