straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
postwar period; period after Second World War
debut match; debut fight; debut race
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to turn towards; to point
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
R; r; radius; curve; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-); refrigerator
overheating; overexcitement
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
cooperation; collaboration
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing
to be helpful; to be useful
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to be photographed; to be projected
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least