common people; ordinary people; masses
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to anticipate; to foresee
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
pupil; student; schoolchild
to accept; to receive; to agree
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
comparatively; relatively
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
(political) power; authority; influence
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
selection; choice; screening
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to be able to manage somehow or other
final; eventual; ultimate
accept one who comes to you
do not chase the one who leaves
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)