what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
sphere; counter for balls
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
observation; survey; watching
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend