judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
participants; participating athletes
one by one; one at a time; in turn
voting; ballot; poll; vote
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
invitation; introduction; temptation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
so; therefore; and; (and) then
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to knock down; to knock out
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
correspondence; exchange of letters
junior high school student; middle school pupil
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
slow; sluggish; bushy (hair); thick; unfashionable; lacking style
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up