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straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

2

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

1

fastball

3

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball

5

to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in

2

standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge

2

away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

1

pair; couple

1

close contest; close match; close game; close combat

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

3

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

12

a little; a few; small; only; just; merely

2

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

2

cold war; the Cold War

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

3

to sit (down)

2

to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

1

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

3

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

2

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

13

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

8

point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark

6

difference; variation; difference

9

mental; spiritual; emotional

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

3

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

3

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

3

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

4

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

1

not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)

1

line drive to the shortstop

1

to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink

1

poof

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

blue sky

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

2

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

1

home run

7

unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

1

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

4

diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)

3

one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

2

answer; solution

1

real experience; actual observations

1

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1