looking straight at the camera; paying attention to the camera
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
cooperation; collaboration
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
senior high school; high school
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
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
foreign; abroad; overseas
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)