oral examination; interview
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
interview; examination; question
election; selection; choice
faculty; professorate; group of professors
every person; each one; everybody
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
mortarboard; trencher; (square) academic cap formerly worn by Japanese university students
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
supreme command; direction over all
(your) judgment; discernment
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
recommendation; referral; endorsement
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
to teach; to take a teaching job
research results; research record; research achievement
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
modesty; humility; being humble
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple