lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
attendance; participation; presence
greeting; a fine thing to say
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
official business; public business
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
open; public; official; overt
question; inquiry; enquiry
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
military force; military strength
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
questions and answers; dialogue
to encamp; to take up positions
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips