correspondence notebook (e.g. between teacher and parents); contact notebook; communication notebook
service center; call center
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
heart attack; angina pectoris
Nippon Ham(Japanese meat packing firm); Nippon Meat Packers Inc.; Nipponham group
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
to aggravate; to make serious
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
police cell; place of detention; jail
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
administration; medication; dosage
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to fulfill one's responsibilities
going to the hospital for regular treatment
insurance payout; insurance money
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
answering machine; answer phone
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
to call out; to ask someone to come
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
unique; individual; original; unusual
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
pitching ability; counter for pitches
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement