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movie; film

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special effects; SFX

1

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

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concern; business

1

so far as

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to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

1

throw; throwing; throwing event

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to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

2

ho-ho

2

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

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plumbing; piping

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iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe

2

with all one's strength; with all one's might

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to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

2

as it is; frankly

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to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

batter's box; one's turn at bat

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batter

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to keep balance

1

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

2

home run king; home run leader

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

4

batting form

1

to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat

6

a long time ago; in those days

2

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

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stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp

1

batting average

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

2

match; game; bout; contest

4

match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

1

baseball

2

gambling

1

four

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to ruin oneself

2

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

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to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

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trauma (usu. psychological)

4

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

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subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

2

top of the head; crown of the head

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flat part on the top of the cranium

2

whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound

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subordinate person

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to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

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bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

2

observation; survey; watching

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distinction; discrimination

2

what's what; heads or tails

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