candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to mix; to stir; to blend
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
alert status; emergency alert
general mobilization; general mobilisation
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
power; authority; influence
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
wide-awake to one's interests
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
light trap (for killing insects)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji