welcome!; nice to see you!
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
to form a circle; to stand in a circle
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
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
briskly; quickly; promptly
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
commitment; pledge; promise
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
flustered; confused; panicked
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
very much; exceedingly; extremely
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to master something (through personal experience)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue