participants; participating athletes
(university) admission category for recommended candidates
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
just one person; only one
to fight against; to oppose; to face
old hag; old woman; old bat
to cease; to stop; to be over
special training; intensive training; crash course
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
three parts; three copies
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
of course; certainly; naturally
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
study of foreign languages; linguistics
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
obsessively trend-conscious teenage girl
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems