homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
putting into operation; invocation
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
(social) position; status
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
intensive; concentrated; focused
very small difference (esp. in time); tiny interval
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
members; member; constituent
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
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
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
era in which university places outnumber university applicants; era of declining enrollment
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
without eating or drinking
batter's box; one's turn at bat
you could say; you might say; verging on the
something wrapped in a furoshiki