to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
beforehand; in advance; previously
periodic; regular; routine
home area; home town; local
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
participation; joining; entry; adherence
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
match; game; bout; contest
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
number of persons; personnel
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
election; selection; choice
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
every person; each one; everybody
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part