proper; right; reasonable
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
successful candidate; successful applicant; person who has passed an exam
first (of its kind) in Japan
domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
participant; entrant; player; competitor
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
the same; the said; likewise
old friend; old acquaintance
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to squeeze out; to wring out
safe; vault; storage cabinet
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
unqualified; without qualifications
to spit out; to eject; to dump
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with