preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
overseas student; exchange student
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
competitive swimming; swimming race
almost every day; almost daily
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
Imperial reign; Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
proud; having a prominent nose
Japanese person; Japanese people
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point