sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
rowdy fellow; tough; bully; ruffian
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
(bringing to a) perfect end; (rounding off with a) crowning achievement; successful conclusion; triumphant finish
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
washhouse; place for cleaning one's laundry
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
one flower; single flower; success; prosperity
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
killer; destroyer; annihilator; seducer; seductress; tempter
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
deciding match; play-off; runoff
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American