state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
role; duty; responsibility
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
regarding highly; attaching importance to
company; corporation; workplace
company president; manager; director
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
way; method; means; resource; course
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
in swarms; in great crowds
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
temporary employment or employee