ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
not under observation; not on one's radar; unmarked (player); unguarded; unmarked (item, etc.); without a mark
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball; shoot (of a tree or plant); chute
winning point; winning goal; game point (tennis, etc.); finishing line
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
way of solving (a problem); solution
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
walk-in closet; wardrobe room; dressing room; costume room
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
national; founded and run by the central government
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
barbershop; barber shop; barber
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)