breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
crescent moon; young moon
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
living thing; living creature; animal; life
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
near; nearby; not far off
short distance; close range
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
blow; shock; strike; batting
runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)