name; given name; first name
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
process; course; mechanism
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
chief; main; principal; important
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be silent; to say nothing
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
emphatic sentence-ending particle
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
crossover cardigan; crossover sweater
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women