good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
green laver (Enteromorpha); green dried seaweed; nori
Duma (Russian legislative assembly)
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
peatland; peatlands; peat bog
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
to knock out (e.g. a homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
to beat; to harm; to defeat
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
baseball stadium; ballpark
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond (shape)
nothing but; except; no more than
sock it!; wallop it!; make a good hit!
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; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
note (letter) left behind; will
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
order of chivalry; chivalric order
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
various articles; various items; various kinds
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to be fated; to be linked by fate