won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
breath; breathing; tone; mood
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to take a breath; to take a short rest
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
go that far; to that extent
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to look away; to turn away
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
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
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that