seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
split; division; break up
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
temporary residence or shelter
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors); paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper
serious; not joking; straight
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
living room (Western style); sitting room
small saucepan; small pot
river; stream; River; the ... river
dry riverbed; river beach
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
vice; immorality; corruption
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
absence; disregard; indifference
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
open; public; official; overt
to be mixed in with; to blend with
fixed date; settlement date
(political) power; authority; influence
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment