sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
fireball; bolide; fireball
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
earthling; earthman; terrestrial; citizen of Earth
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
baseball stadium; ballpark
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
globular shape; spherical shape
balloon (hot-air, weather, etc.); blimp
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)
school inter-class ball-game competition
baseball player; ballplayer
baseball ground; baseball field; baseball stadium; ballpark
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)
Earth globe (model); terrestrial globe
white blood cell; leukocyte; leucocyte
speed of a pitch; velocity
Nippon Professional Baseball Organization; NPB
amateur baseball; sandlot baseball
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
red blood cell; erythrocyte
throw; pass (in basketball, etc.); handball
miniature light bulb; midget lamp
celestial sphere; the heavens
table tennis table; ping-pong table
white ball (baseball, golf ball, etc.)
return throw (esp. from an outfielder); returning the ball (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
table tennis club; ping-pong club
high-school baseball player
straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal
extraterrestrial life; ET
baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations
pitch out of the strike zone
hard ball; regulation ball
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball)
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
base on balls; walk; pass
light bulb; incandescent light bulb
spherical surface; sphere
celestial globe; armillary sphere
retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.); acting as ball boy; ball boy; player (in a tennis club, etc.) assigned the role of ball boy
Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball
National Intercity Nonpro Baseball Championship Series
International Table Tennis Federation; ITTF
ball control; focus on the ball
earth observation satellite
bad throw; wild throw; throwing error
course of a thrown ball; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
University of the Ryukyus
pro baseball team; professional baseball team
object ball (in cue sports)
umpire-in-chief; plate umpire
ball park; field for ball games
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
good pitch (to hit); easy pitch
football (soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. soccer)
prevention of global warming
pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
Baseball Writers' Association of America
whole-team effort; pulling together
one's repertoire of pitches; balls at hand (in pachinko)
pitch that hits the batter
terrestrial planet; telluric planet; rocky planet
earth-friendly; ecological; sustainable
batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike
western hemisphere; the Occident
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
Japan Amateur Baseball Association
extraterrestrial being; extraterrestrial life
glass float; ball in flight (soccer)
golden staph (Staphylococcus aureus)
earth orbit; geocentric orbit
fast, heavy ball; fastball
miniature light bulb; midget lamp
eosinophil; eosinophile; acidophil; acidophile; eosinophilic leukocyte; acidophilic leukocyte
neutrophil; neutrophilic leukocyte
global environment problems; global environmental issues
weather balloon; sounding balloon; observation balloon; espionage balloon; trial balloon
to play (baseball, softball, etc.)
small ball; globule; spherule; pellet
Ryukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
earth science; geoscience
failing to catch a ball; dropping a ball; flubbing a catch
Ryukyuan food; Ryukyuan cuisine
putting one's heart and soul into each pitch
earth observation (satellite, platform, etc.)
eastern hemisphere; the Orient
batted ball that strikes the batter
hard ball to hit; bad pitch
global citizen; citizen of the earth
head (of cabbage, lettuce, etc.); forming a head; coming to a head
bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure
pre-ejaculate; Cowper's fluid; pre-cum
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure
billiard hall; pool hall; tennis court
ball (for sport, games, etc.)
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; MRSA
bulbous bow (on a ship to reduce drag)
Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands
characteristics of a (thrown) ball (light, heavy, etc.)
wild ball; uncontrolled pitch
ball won in a game of pachinko
ball which is hard to hit or catch
earth station (for a satellite)
career of a baseball player
oculolinctus; worming; eyeball-licking fetishism
National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien
ruptured eye; globe rupture
infectious mononucleosis; mono; glandular fever
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
Japan High School Baseball Federation
cone; strobile; strobilus
global environment conservation; global environment preservation
Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
swarming (of honey bees); ball of bees; bee ball
bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
Streptococcus pyogenes (bacterium that causes group A streptococcal infections)
Ryūkyū tatami; sturdy and durable tatami that has a facing weaved from Shichito matgrass
olfactory bulb; bulbus olfactorius
vancomycin resistant enterococci; VRE
leukocytosis; hyperleukocytosis
Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); potato (Solanum tuberosum)
lunar globe; globe of the moon
tungsten lamp; tungsten bulb
Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)
ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer); billiards
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
Little League elbow; pitcher's elbow; baseball elbow
wet and dry-bulb thermometer
subconjunctival hemorrhage; subconjunctival bleeding; hyposphagma
bulbus glandis; knot (of a canid penis)
climate engineering; geo-engineering
baseball fever; enthusiasm for baseball
Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)
polycythaemia; polycythemia; hypercythaemia; hypercythemia; erythrocytosis
human leukocyte antigen; HLA
global positioning system; GPS
waiting for a good hit at a pitch
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
sickle cell disease; sickle cell anemia (anaemia)
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
fast, heavy ball; fastball
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure
junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch; unexpected move; unorthodox measure; statement, request, etc. with an ulterior motive
Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda japonica); Ryukyu leaf turtle
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; MRSA
Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)
oculolinctus; worming; eyeball-licking fetishism
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
night-light bulb; (lit.) jujube bulb
bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing
Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
luchu pine (Pinus luchuensis); Okinawa pine
droplet of oil floating on water
human leukocyte antigen; HLA
(satellite) earth station
erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR
jankyū; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong
Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
wheat bulb; wheat grain light bulb
global positioning (system, satellite, etc.)
small round structured virus; SRSV
global problem; global issue
vestibular bulb; bulb of the vestibule
Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine
erythroblastosis (abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood)
streptococcal throat infection; strep throat
spotlight bulb (e.g. in interior lighting)
aspherical surface; aspherical
association football; soccer
Council of Ministers for Global Environment Conservation
earth mass (astronomical unit of mass)
red globular shape; red ball signal shape (marine safety context)
bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland
National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium); Spring Koshien
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
sideroblastic anemia; sideroblastic anaemia
haemagglutination; hemagglutination
pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
pyococcus; coccoid bacterium that forms pus
polymorphonuclear leukocyte; polymorphonuclear leucocyte
polymorphonuclear leukocyte; polymorphonuclear leucocyte
zona glomerulosa; glomerular zone
streptococcus; lactococcus
Global Change Observation Mission; GCOM
Global Earth Observation System of Systems; GEOSS
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
official history of the Ryukyu Kingdom (compiled between 1743 and 1745); Kyūyō (poetic name for the Ryukyu Islands)
bulb (of an animal's hoof)
Earth Similarity Index; ESI
think globally, act locally; think global, act local
think globally, act locally; think global, act local
ball-and-ring method; ring-and-ball test
bulb with reservoir; double balloon
bulb with reservoir; double balloon
wet-bulb globe temperature; WBGT
disk-flicking game; crokinole; carrom; pitchnut
disk-flicking game; crokinole; carrom; pitchnut
spherical segment; segment of a sphere
spherical cap; spherical dome
National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium); Spring Koshien
boy who spends all of his free time playing baseball
global warming potential; GWP
extraterrestrial life form
intentional walk; intentional base on balls; IBB
legendary player (of a ball game)
envelope (of a hot air balloon)
group B streptococcus; group B strep
group B streptococcus; group B strep
football pitch; soccer field
exophthalmos; proptosis; bulging eyes
bulb of penis; urethral bulb
domed stadium (esp. for baseball)
eye movement; ocular movement
Central Baseball Organization
Pacific League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment
Institute of Earth Education
whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish
Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
Parasenecio farfarifolius var. bulbifer (variety of Indian plantain)
Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Kandelia obovata (species of mangrove)