omitted character; omitted letter
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
by means of; due to; because of; according to
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
interruption; suspension; break
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
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
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
platform; home; home base; home plate
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to pick up; to find; to gather
in succession; one by one
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
settlement; solution; resolution
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
depression; recession; slump
prayer (for something); supplication
fee; charge; rate; material
monetary offering; offertory
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
if it is the case that ...
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
unless one ...; if one does not ...