notice; attention; observation
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
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
platform; home; home base; home plate
to slide into; to slip into
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
particularly; only; in the case of
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
student (esp. a university student)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
results; record; grades; marks
it is not (like that) either
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
weight training; muscle training
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic