nominating oneself (to something one is usually nominated to by someone else); self-nomination; designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007)
system; institution; organization; organisation
job; work; duties; trade; skill
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
taboo word; euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
sample; specimen; test piece
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
at the window; by the window; next to the window
first of all; first thing
big problem; major issue; big controversy
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
as soon as possible; ASAP
discipline; punishment; reprimand
proxy punishment (system of punishment under the laws of a country to which a perpetrator has fled)
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
every month; each month; monthly
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
attendance; presence; appearance
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
leader; authority; mainstay
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
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