Vocabulary for Play Ball - Episode 5
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summer
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indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion ; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis ; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
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preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
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first; foremost; number one ; most important ; best; greatest; most ; above all; besides; in any case; to begin with
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war; battle ; match; game; competition
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sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake ; squid ink; octopus ink ; carpenter's inking string
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high ; high school
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batting line-up; batting order
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indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis
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companion; partner; company ; other party; addressee; counterparty ; opponent (sports, etc.)
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Keisei (train line Tokyo-Narita)
エース
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ace ; ace (of a team); leading player; ace pitcher (in baseball) ; ace; hotshot; top dog; top hand; wunderkind ; ace (serve)
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pitcher ; pitcher (container); jug
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Horiuchi
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shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.) ; shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball ; shoot (of a tree or plant)
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at (place, time); in; on; during ; to (direction, state); toward; into ; for (purpose) ; because of (reason); for; with ; by; from ; as (i.e. in the role of) ; per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month") ; and; in addition to ; if; although
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mark; target ; object; subject; focus ; point (e.g. of argument)
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indicates direct object of action ; indicates subject of causative expression ; indicates an area traversed ; indicates time (period) over which action takes place ; indicates point of departure or separation of action ; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze ; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk ; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice) ; to extort; to exploit ; to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke ; to drill into; to train ; to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down ; to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring) ; to stop down (lens) ; to turn down (e.g. radio)
ヒット
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hit; base hit; safe hit; single ; hit; success ; hit; blow ; hit (i.e. a successful match in a search)
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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another ; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
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indicates the subject of a sentence ; indicates possession ; but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while ; and ; used after an introductory remark or explanation ; regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ... ; indicates a desire or hope ; softens a statement ; indicates doubt ; indicates scorn
それ
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that; it ; then; that point (in time); that time ; there ; you
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to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge ; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
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battery ; battery (pitcher and catcher)
カーブ
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curve; turn; bend ; curveball; curve ball
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main constituent; core; nucleus ; subject
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pitching ; pitching (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitch
x1 | Rank #5,594
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over
くる
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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive ; to come back; to do ... and come back ; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue ; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from ; to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
その
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that; the ; part (as in "part two") ; um ...; er ...; uh ...
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frantic; frenetic; desperate ; inevitable death ; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
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too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence) ; both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) ; even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than ; even if; even though; although; in spite of ; further; more; again; another; the other
x1 | Rank #711
very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather ; by no means; not readily ; middle; half-way point ; excellent; wonderful; very good
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skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate ; delicious; tasty; good; nice ; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid
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to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to circulate; to go around; to be passed around; to become known ; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down ; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to come ; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to be felt; to come across ; to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.); to propagate; to be conducted; to be transmitted ; to go along; to move along
そして
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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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versus; against; vs.; v. ; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180) ; toward ...; to ...; with ...; against ...; anti- ; equal footing; equal terms ; opposite
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at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know
x1 | Rank #1,410
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail ; to call for; to summon; to invite ; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife) ; to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)
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counter for occurrences ; a time; an instance ; inning (baseball); round; game ; episode; chapter; instalment ; Hui (people) ; Islam
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farmland ; private farm estates from before the Taika reform
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captain
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single word; a few words; brief comment
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hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste ; sudden; abrupt
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I; me ; you ; manservant
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batter's box; one's turn at bat
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to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up ; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on) ; to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); to position oneself ; to leave (to do something) ; to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start ; to get stuck (into; of an arrow, thorn etc.); to pierce ; to develop (of a haze, waves, etc.); to form (of steam, bubbles, etc.); to appear (of a rainbow, clouds, etc.); to rise (of smoke, waves, etc.); to begin to blow (of a wind, breeze, etc.) ; to spread (of a rumour, reputation, etc.); to be become widely known ; to stand (for election); to run ; to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself
x3 | Rank #92
thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
なる
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to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain ; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be) ; to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of ; to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished ; to change (into); to turn (into); to transform ; to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do) ; to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make ; to play (the part of); to act as ; to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as ; to be promoted
のです
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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ヘイ
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hey
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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ほーい
x1 | Rank #16,541
hey!; over here! ; OK; gotcha; yep
はい
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yes; that is correct ; understood; I see; OK; okay ; present; here ; pardon?; what's that?; come again? ; now; here; here you go ; giddy-up; giddap
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to be caught; to be arrested ; to hold on to; to grasp ; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi) ; to be detained by
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adds force or indicates command
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to enter; to go in; to get in; to come in ; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to go down ; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve; to reach (e.g. a climax) ; to do fully; to do intently; to do sincerely; to do deeply; to feel keenly ; to (reach a state) completely
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point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party
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to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold ; to pass; to hand; to give ; to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation) ; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose ; to remove; to get rid of; to take off ; to take away; to steal; to rob ; to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins) ; to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop) ; to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside ; to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
x1 | Rank #22,697
two outs
ここ
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here; this place ; this point; here; now ; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... ; the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
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first goal; first point
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be; is
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to request; to beg; to ask ; to call; to order; to reserve ; to entrust to ; to rely on ; please; please do
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I can tell you ; heh
谷口
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Tanikuchi ; Taniguchi ; Yaguchi
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you ; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
だけ
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only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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reliance; dependence
だから
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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why; for that reason ; like I said; I told you already
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don't ; do ; hey; listen; look; say ; now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know ; wow; ooh ; right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think?
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miracle; wonder; marvel
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to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up ; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken ; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce ; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open ; to plough; to plow; to till ; to fall ill with ; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken) ; to turn over (a card)
くれる
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to give; to let (one) have ; to give ; to do for one; to take the trouble to do ; to do to someone's disadvantage
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hey; you ; hey ; hey; hold on ; yo; hey
こいつ
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he; she; this fellow; this guy; this person ; this; this one; this thing ; hey, you!; you bastard!; damn you!
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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
ベンチ
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bench
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something; some; any ; somehow; for some reason ; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
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if; when ; and ; with ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; promoted pawn ; indicates a question
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indication; denotation; designation ; instructions; directions
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fellow; guy; chap ; thing; object ; he; she; him; her
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first of all; at once; right away ; for now; for the time being; tentatively ; anyway
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sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
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to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to install (e.g. software); to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. tattoo) ; to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire ; to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to ; to include ; to pay (one's rent, etc.) ; to cast (a vote) ; to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ; to turn on (a switch, etc.) ; to send (a fax); to call
みる
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to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe ; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge ; to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on ; to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) ; to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try ; to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
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indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way
よし
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alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
x1 | Rank #70,945
course of a thrown ball ; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
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to watch to the end ; to ascertain; to determine; to get to the bottom of; to make sure of ; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
x1 | Rank #5,622
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
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tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm ; vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack ; condition; state of health; shape ; impetus; spur of the moment; strain ; trend
さあ
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come (on); come now; come along; here ; all right; right; okay; now; here goes ; well; hmm; uh; let's see; I'm not sure ; here; now; there (we go); ah; oh ; about that, ...; actually, ...
もう
x4 | Rank #48
already; yet; by now; now; (not) any more; (not) any longer ; soon; shortly; before long; presently ; further; more; again; another; the other ; jeez; geez; gee; boy; come on; damn; seriously
x1 | Rank #13,577
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style) ; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant) ; one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar) ; one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m) ; one game; one task ; well then; right
x4 | Rank #81
to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) ; to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) ; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along ; to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try ; to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by ; to stream; to flow ; to die; to pass away ; to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...) ; to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive ; to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
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foul ; foul ball