observation; survey; watching
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
baseball ground; baseball stadium
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
silence; stillness; quietness
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
erudition; extensive learning
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
counter for books; volume
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
considerably; fairly; quite
lady; matron; mistress; housekeeper
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
metempsychosis; saving the lives of many
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
effect; result; worth; use; avail
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to hold one's tongue; to shut up