to jump at; to be attracted by
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
difference; variation; difference
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
match; game; bout; contest
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
lay-up (in basketball and golf); layup
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
place; situation; position; location
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)