audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
foreign delegation; foreign mission; diplomatic envoy
opposing (something) to (another); contrast; contraposition; antithesis; counterposing
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
(in) various settings; act to act; place to place
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; okame; okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to be too late; to be too slow
the other day; lately; recently
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
inaccurate; indistinct; imprecise; unclear; indecisive
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
self-control; self-restraint
property; fortune; assets
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
at one time; some time ago; once
on the other hand; at the same time
love of learning; desire to learn; passion for knowledge
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to bring to a finish; to bring to a conclusion; to complete; to finish (off)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to keep away; to keep at a distance
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
lifting of a gold embargo
small business; small company
state-run business; state enterprise; national enterprise
to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over