clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to think too much; to be over-concerned
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
chilly; unpleasantly cold
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
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
to recall; to remember; to recollect
right-handedness; right-handed person; right-hander
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
special training; intensive training; crash course
such ... as; or some such
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
killing two birds with one stone
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
considerably; greatly; a lot
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean