honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to repeat; to do something over again
but; however; provided that
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
complication; confusion; disorder
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to half-rise to one's feet
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to say; to tell; to state; to do
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
chief; main; principal; important
topic of discussion; agenda
absence; disregard; indifference
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
watchful waiting; careful supervision
objection; dissent; protest