to call out; to ask someone to come
number of days (times) one has attended
ability to get things done
entrance examination (for a transfer student)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
teatime; tea break; coffee break
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
previous engagement; prior contract
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
that kind; competition; match
it is not (like that) either
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
as many (people) as possible
to torment; to harass; to tease
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
final game; final games; the finals
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
fair and square; open and aboveboard
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
single-handedly; alone; single-handed
outsider; someone outside of a group
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to have one's horizons broadened
proofreading; correction of press; calibration