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
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
group; party; team; squad; section
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
allocation; assignment; allotment
each; (arch.) you (plural)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
relatively; comparatively
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
failure; mistake; blunder
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd
belly-button lint; navel fluff