to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
high-school baseball player
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
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
group; party; team; squad; section
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
allocation; assignment; allotment
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
how; in what way; how about
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
no, not like that (but like this)
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor