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preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election

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personal history; background; career

1

enumeration; list

2

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

1

large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)

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horse racing

2

entrance; entering; admission; admittance

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

1

kyōtei; boat race; hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan

1

fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

conspiracy; collusion

1

match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

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regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

3

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

similar to; like

1

feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face

3

looking slender in clothing

1

spindly; weak; gangly

2

notice; attention; observation

3

fantasy

1

the whole assembly; the full house; whole group; everyone

1

spectators; onlookers; members of the audience

4

to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

1

metropolis; large city

3

bread and circuses

1

calendar; almanac

2

tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

1

wealthy people; the rich

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

2

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

3

rush mat; matting; mat

1

weed

1

diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose

1

white line; linea alba

2

only; just

1

athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival

1

swordfight

1

standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)

1

to hold (a ceremony); to perform

1

4th day of the month; four days

3

final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)

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last day; final day

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

1

symbolic; symbolical

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one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance

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