awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
while; during; while; although; all; both
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
in the same way as; just like
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
senior high school; high school
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
selection; choice; picking out
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
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
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
first match (in a series)
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
baseball stadium; ballpark
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
some people; a few people; several people