to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
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
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
possible; likely; probable
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
pride; dignity; self-respect
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
how; in what way; by what means
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to recall; to remember; to recollect
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink