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duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key

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Masaharu

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fielder's choice

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leading male role in kabuki

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conquest; domination; mastery

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Milan belt railway

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me, me, me; egotistic; ego-driven

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pitchers plate

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Nobuhiro

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to hold the key (to)

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open stance

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appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)

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shortstop

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disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

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workbook

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Nitta Shrine

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beginning training camp

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to pull tight; to brace; to tighten

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right-handed batter

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pitching strength (of a team)

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between short and second; middle

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pen or pencil

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to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

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single; one-base hit

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drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

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right-handed batter

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someone (something) not to be trifled with

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fastball

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warming up; limbering up

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eligibility

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windup

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greasy; slimy; slippery

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(by force of) circumstances

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batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike

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running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

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imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

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(please) don't

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cannot be compared with; no match for

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closely cropped hair

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water spigot; tap

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official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank

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shadow of a leaf or tree

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passed ball

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taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

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disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide

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shellwork

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to freeze; to freeze over

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three-base hit; triple

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to stick in one's throat; to choke on something

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balk

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