competition for better work
being available for free (broadcast) online
test print; test sheet; trial print run
selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
appointment on trial (probation); provisional appointment
box-office takings; box-office revenue
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
selection committee member; member of a screening committee
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
this occasion; at this time; now
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author
prize-winner; recipient (of a prize, award, etc.)
writing something on commission; newly written text
most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering
to win the prize; to win the ring
within the year; before the year is out
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)