love game (tennis, badminton); game won without the opponent scoring
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
win-loss records (between two participants)
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
bragging; showing off; pride
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
measure; measuring tape; measuring
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
or; OR (Boolean operator)
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
exchange of blows; long rally
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
frame; framework; outline
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish