father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
already; now; no longer; not any more
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
Gakuenmae Station (Chiba)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
place; position; location; position; standing; status
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to win and advance to the next round
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
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)
locals; local inhabitants
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
line; queue; procession; matrix
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness