bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
curved; forming the shape of an arch
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
white ball (baseball, golf ball, etc.)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
strikeout; strike out; fanning out
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
noisy; confused; uproarious
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
sports-minded; sports-oriented
star player; star athlete
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
flaring up; bursting into flames
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
contrary to one's expectations
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
tradition; legend; folklore