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player (of a sport); athlete; team member

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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on the contrary

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pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball

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pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

3

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

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heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

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straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

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sphere; counter for balls

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

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maximum; extreme; utmost

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to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly

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to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

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type of pitch

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index finger; forefinger; second toe

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middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe

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ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

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to shake; to sway; to waver

1

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

3

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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immediately following

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to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

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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

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preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

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how; in what way

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

6

unofficial report; confidential report

2

disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

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disregarding; ignoring

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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knuckleball

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extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

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occult

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research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)

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only; nothing but

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to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

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even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

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on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

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to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

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baseball

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