futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
underhand throw; submarine pitch
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
pitch that hits the batter
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable