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

To measure (water deepness) / To weigh

to measure / to gauge / to estimate

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

straw sandals

(obsolete) bad; evil

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

霧: mist / 桐, キリ: Paulownia, a type of tree and wood