president (of a society); chairman
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
edict; public announcement
election; selection; choice
right (to do something); authority; power
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to put up (a notice); to post
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); budget committee
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
everything one does; whatever one does
rather; sooner; preferably
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
action committee; executive committee
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
cheerleading competition; cheering contest
master; teacher; stable master
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
society for the study of manga; manga club
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
number of persons; personnel
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
one lump; one body; one group
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)