good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
first championship win (esp. sumo)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
in the mountains; among the mountains
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
continuation; succession; series
overall victory; championship
to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball