place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
war; battle; match; game; competition
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
due form; official; formality
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
memory; sense; experience
play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
how; in what way; how about
junior high school student; middle school pupil
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post