battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
instability; insecurity; crankiness
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
waterpower; running water; falling overboard
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
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
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
splish-splash; with a splash
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
incompetent; have no merit
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)