steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
schedule; program; programme; agenda
10th day of the month; ten days
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
supplementary explanation
great difference; major mistake
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)