assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to put into effect; to put into practice
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
participants; participating athletes
nod; inclination of the head
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
participation; joining; entry; adherence
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
large number (of); many; majority
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
composite; combined; complex
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
(together) with; -wide; including
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
seat; seats; stands; grandstand; bleachers
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)