candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
your daughter; young woman
several people; a few people
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
speech; expression; wording; language
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
at least; at most; (even) just
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
stealthily; secretly; in secret
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
several weeks; a few weeks
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
blitzkrieg; blitz; lightning war
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
descendant; progeny; offspring
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly