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curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

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good (nice) pitching

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feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

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come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

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batter's box

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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educational institution; school; academy; campus

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

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many; numerous; various; large number of

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record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

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to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

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super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

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class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

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slugger

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to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

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Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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monster

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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notice; attention; observation

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first; new

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confrontation; showdown

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

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saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

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catcher

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to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

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pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

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victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

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ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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meaning; called; said

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batter's box; one's turn at bat

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continuation; succession; series

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he; him; boyfriend

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supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

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indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

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result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

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to win; to gain victory

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)

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losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)

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mosquito

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more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

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last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)

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