impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
old friend; familiar face
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
table tennis table; ping-pong table
three-quarter; half coat; top coat
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
minigame; mini game; subgame; practice game (usu. with reduced players)
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
two classes; double; two sets
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
professional player (sports); pro
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
tingling; stinging; pungently
ten (long cylindrical things)
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
coin toss; coin flip; toss of a coin
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase