nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
adviser; advisor; consultant
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
such; like that; that sort of; very
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to collect; to assemble; to gather
periodic; regular; routine
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
honor; honour; credit; prestige
in that way; thus; so; so?
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
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 repeat; to do something over again
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
too much; excessively; too
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...