strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to read the situation; to sense the mood
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
due form; official; formality
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
perfect; perfection; perfect game
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
club activities; extracurricular activities
being out of consideration; not being an option
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
all; entire; whole; altogether
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
river; stream; River; the ... river
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout