extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to watch steadily; to stare
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to profess to be; to pass oneself off (as); to advertise oneself (as); to advertise; to announce; to make publicly known
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
steadfast loyalty; unwavering devotion; remaining faithful to the end; show of loyalty; display of devotion; act of loyalty
person from the same province, town, village, etc.
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
(having) two choices; choice between two things
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
priority; order of precedence
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice