superintendent; supervisor; warden
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
edict; public announcement
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
counsel; defender; advocate
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
one by one; in detail; minutely
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
quotation; citation; reference
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
decision; ruling; judgement; judgment
full dress; formal dress; uniform
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
cabinet (of a government); ministry
hard-line policy; tough measure
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
glorious achievement; distinguished service
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
contrary to one's expectations
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face