sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
remembrance; recollection; recognition
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
club activities; extracurricular activities
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
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
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
not necessarily so; is not always true
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal