top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
recommendation; referral; endorsement
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
entrance examination for selected candidates (who have been recommended to the university)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
overall victory; championship
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to sit for an examination
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
selection; choice; option
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
notice; notification; report; posting
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be found; to be discovered
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
somehow; for some reason or other
success or failure; result