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visitor's seats

3

Japanese clothes

2

looks; personal appearance; features

1

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

2

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

3

ceremony; rites

1

schedule; program; programme; agenda

6

proxy; representative

1

to recall; to remember

2

such-and-such a place

1

so-and-so; who?; which people?

1

congratulatory telegram

1

reading for another

1

large number (of); many; majority

1

omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing

1

leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

2

teacher (classroom)

4

public (institution)

1

at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

1

special skill

1

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

1

exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

1

inertia; force of habit

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

3

tedious; boring; being fed up with

7

tradition; convention

1

(favorable voting) constituency (favourable)

2

proud; elated

1

looks; features

1

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

5

bag

1

making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

1

courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds

2

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

3

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

1

dregs; lees; grounds; sediment

1

verbalizing; putting into words

1

appetite

2

over one's shoulder

3

smile

20

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

to be perturbed; to be agitated

2

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

5

that is; namely; i.e.

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

3

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

2