overall victory; championship
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
government worker; public servant; civil servant
small salary; meagre salary; low pay
regular time; stated period
death march; death march (in software development); crunch
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)
government management; state management
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
appointment; assignment; promotion
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
individual technique (in team sports); individual skills; individual play
(being) worth seeing; impressive
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
sword skills; swordsmanship
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
fixed date; appointed day
match; game; bout; contest
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
Everyone is safe (all right)