great player; star player
no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking
deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
number on back of player's shirt; uniform number; shirt number
employment; starting work
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
older person with more life experience
good old; good old-fashioned
baseball player; ballplayer
enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance
final game; final games; the finals
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
unheard-of; unprecedented
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to complete decisively; to do to completion
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
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
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
eighth day of the month; eight days
delicious; appetizing; appetising
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to remove; to move out of the way
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
molester; groper; masher; pervert
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture