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
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
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
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
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
hostility; animosity; enmity
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
war; fighting; fierce competition
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to pay attention; to be watchful
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece