sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
selection; choice; picking out
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
imagination; supposition; guess
birth; creation; formation
interval; break; pause; spare moment
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to summon courage; to be brave
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
boy; son; baby boy; young man
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to face; to go towards; to head towards
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
program (e.g. TV); programme