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late summer heat; lingering summer heat

2

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

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waterfall; (arch.) rapids

3

cold sweat

8

leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage

1

to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

1

colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows

1

becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent

1

to take revenge

2

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

3

onyx

3

black lustre; black luster

4

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; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)

5

all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent

1

death penalty; capital punishment

2

hell; Mr

3

batter's eye screen; centerfield screen

1

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

4

out of bounds; beyond the pale

1

short stature; short figure

3

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

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flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

3

knee strike; kneeing

4

guts; abdomen; belly

8

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

2

skyrocket (firework)

1

Killearn

1

to pass away; to die; (lit.) to become a star

1

classical

1

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

11

right about-face

1

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

7

to step on; to trample down; to tread on

1

sudden impulse; passing fancy

2

Mario

1

sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering

1

hierarchy

2

system; organization; organisation; architecture

1

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

2

great majority

1

president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy

1

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

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parental authority; parental rights; custody

4

anguish; mortification

2

arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

2

accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement

2

adult

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