lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
sphere; counter for balls
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
batter's box; one's turn at bat
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
reconciliation; make peace with
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
with these words; while saying
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
reaching; attaining; arrival
huge win; overwhelming victory
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
numbskull; dimwit; idiot; fool; dope
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
oilily; slimily; slipperily
feel (of a material); texture
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency