noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
senior high school; high school
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
day after day; day by day
retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.); acting as ball boy; ball boy; player (in a tennis club, etc.) assigned the role of ball boy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
how; in what way; how about
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
suffix appended to someone else's family members
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
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; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)
star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about