neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
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
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
getting on base; reaching first base; times on base; TOB
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
advance (to the next base)
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
river; stream; River; the ... river
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
economic condition; economic circumstances; financial situation
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
high-school baseball player
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
national holiday; public holiday
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to have an eye on; to zero in on
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to get angry; to become perverse
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset