battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
student (esp. a university student)
that's true; of course; obviously
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
act of mercy; helping another person
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
negotiations; discussions; connection
to attempt; to test; to try out
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
not necessarily so; is not always true
stay of execution; suspended sentence
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
very interesting; of great interest
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
document; official papers
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all