to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to take a breath; to take a short rest
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to look away; to turn away
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
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; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
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
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
by myself; in person; by oneself
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)