amateur baseball; sandlot baseball
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
build; physique; frame; constitution
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
the other day; lately; recently
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
club activities; extracurricular activities
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)