selected (sports) team; picked team; all-star team; selection
setter (dog type); setter (volleyball position)
corporate (e.g. sports team); business organization; business corporation
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
big thanks; great gratitude
major surgery; major operation
the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors
sidelocks; hair at the temples
regular customer; valued client
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
leaving a club; quitting a club
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
new menu item; new dish on a menu
phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
championship; title (of champion)
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
league; federation; union; alliance
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo