selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
revenge; having a second go (at something)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
southern part; the south (of a region)
northern part; the north (of a region)
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
comparatively; relatively
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
compassionate; sympathetic
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
center; centre; metropolis
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
leopardess; female leopard; bold and sexy woman
wild beast; wild animal; brute
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice