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invitee

4

being superstitious; acting superstitiously (for good luck)

1

ceremony; rites

2

to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

1

personal history; background; career

2

absolute best; very finest; top-class; first-rate; elite

1

(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation

1

full dress; formal dress; uniform

3

school uniform

1

tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style

1

big shot; higher-ups

2

Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

1

national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level

2

front row

2

wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse

5

row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)

1

eminent; prominent; distinguished; ringing (of metal); resonant (of a musical instrument)

1

pop art

6

standard-bearer; flag-bearer

3

New York Museum of Modern Art

1

Los Angeles

2

contemporary art museum; museum of contemporary art

1

recommendation

1

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

1

Shouzou

6

Eckerle

1

inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked

1

main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

1

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

3

theoretical

1

ideological

1

University of California

1

school; proofreading; proof

1

visiting professor; guest professor

1

first half

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

3

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

2

on a stage; on a platform; on an altar

12

smoking room; smoking compartment

3

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

2

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

2

Kiyohiko

1

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

2

first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive

1

political tone; political flavour (flavor)

2

breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)

2

United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England

7

personal (employee); employed; retained

1

career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)

4

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1