decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
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
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to spread; to be propagated
starting lineup; player in the starting lineup
Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
government management; state management
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
national sport (e.g. sumo)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
first time; first; initial
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
last night; yesterday evening
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin