applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
separate; special; another; separately
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
lightly; easily; carelessly
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
basis for decision; evidence for judging
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
as soon as possible; at the earliest time
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse