oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
admission ticket for an examination
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order
training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
coastal waters; adjacent seas
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
bill (at a restaurant); check
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
stirring; rousing oneself
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
deputy head teacher; vice principal
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)