Japan Amateur Sports Association; JASA
sports-minded; sports-oriented
support group; fan club; (election) committee
president (of a society); chairman
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
supply; provision; raising; procurement
entreaty; solicitation; earnest request
government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation
association; society; organization; organisation
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
all present; all concerned; all of us
living in a group; communal living; community life
bet; wager; stake; gamble
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
in terms of; from the point of view of
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
Waseda-Keio (baseball) game
being highly educated, having a high salary and being tall; (lit.) three highs; high-valued yen, high stock prices and high land prices (usu. in reference to the Bubble Era)
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)