difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
place where one works; construction site; working area
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
adds force or indicates command
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
point in common; common feature
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
for example; for instance; e.g.
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
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
rival team; opposing team
rather; sooner; preferably
overall victory; championship
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to be fated to; be linked by fate
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying