selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to become moist; to be moistened; to profit (from); to benefit; to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)
law and politics; justice administration
in its entirety; whole; wholly
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
to loiter around; to wander about
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
positive thinking; optimism
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)
summit meeting; top-level conference
about this time; about now
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
to live; to reside; to inhabit
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
romantic; spicy; coquettish
to speak; to say; to vocalize
line; queue; procession; matrix
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
point in common; common feature
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash