younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
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
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
corporate (e.g. sports team); business organization; business corporation
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
around the world; throughout the world
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
two times; twice; two degrees
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to stand by; to be on standby
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
established practice; custom
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea