match; game; bout; contest
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
sphere; counter for balls
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
poor control (pitcher); no control
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
for the present; for the time being
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that