shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
match; game; bout; contest
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
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
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
glove (esp. sports); globe