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left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

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supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined

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fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking

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to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

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highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; to stun; to amaze

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pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg

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to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

3

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by

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gear

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three-pitch strikeout

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to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

2

bull pen

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gun; pistol; ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; repellence

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exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

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unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

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one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

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last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

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to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

4

wild pitch; wild throw; throwing error

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two outs

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reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

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goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

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middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

1

high and inside pitch; inter-scholastic athletics competition

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max; maximum; to the max

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type of pitch

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to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

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risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

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chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory

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snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; with a pop (e.g. a cork being pulled out); with a plop; (fall) straight

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fastball

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to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

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careless pitch

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swinging strikeout; (several) vain attempts; failing despite giving one's best

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was; were

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usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

3

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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to become fraught with emotion

2

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

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to pile up; to accumulate

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having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

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to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders

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well; now; then

2

next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor

1

to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do

1

male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man

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to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

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