aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
university student; college student
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
build; physique; frame; constitution
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
way one walks; one's walk
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
hey there; I say; see here
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
then; well; so; well then
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
coach; coaching; training
government; administration; ministry
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
music school; music academy; conservatory
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
meaning; significance; sense
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway