to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
suffix for familiar person
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
pitching; pitching (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitch
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
exhibition game; preseason game
taking the mound; pitching a game
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
called; known as; that; to say
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
sweeping victory; easy victory
university student; college student
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
don't you think?; indicates question
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
first meeting; first interview with
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated