rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
way; method; means; resource; course
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
life; living; I; me; student
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
loss; defeat; counter for losses
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
but; however; provided that
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach
great difference; major mistake
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)
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
finding employment; getting a job
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to hold fast; to protect to the end
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
in the future; another day; later
rematch; replay; make-up game
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)