high-school baseball player
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
preventive measure; precautionary measure
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak
going to and fro; back and forth
scoreless (game or competition)
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
pitching duel; pitchers' battle
depression; recession; slump
no sleep or rest; working day and night
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
extremely hot day; day on which the temperature rises above 35 degrees Celsius (official definition)
high (atmospheric) pressure; high-pressure system; anticyclone
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
take it from me; trust me, I'm talking from experience; word to the wise
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
steady advance; carrying all before one
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
to gather strength; to take heart
share; portion; quota; cut
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
all companies; each company
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
clear one's name; redeem oneself; clear (vindicate) one's honor (reputation)