to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
willpower; energy; vitality
butting (in boxing); clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
from the beginning; from scratch
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
one by one; one each; one at a time
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
to pick up; to find; to gather
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
several sheets (flat objects)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about