secretary; councillor; councilor
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)
beriberi; tearing off something stuck on the surface of something else (e.g. duct tape)
workshop; training course
within; inside of; less than
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
men's (fashion, wear, etc.)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
(one acting as a) foster parent
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
(for the) first time in one's life
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
type of occupation; occupational category
wise saying; famous saying
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
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
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish