first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
it's not like; it isn't as if
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
going the whole distance; pitching a whole game
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
adds force or indicates command
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...