preliminary elimination of those who don't make the cut

big / broad, immense

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

(obsolete) bad; evil

straw sandals

to measure / to gauge / to estimate

To measure (water deepness) / To weigh

(Classical Japanese or literary) attributive of あし (ashi)

room (of a house or hotel), chamber, apartment, flat / (sumo) a stable where rikishi live and train together under a shisho oyakata (stable master)

(construction) earth removal (in order to flatten the land)