competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
invitation; introduction; temptation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
how; in what way; how about; questionable
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
marking; grading; scoring
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture