chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
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)
on the occasion of; at the time of
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of