to jump at; to be attracted by
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
(social) class; rank; grade
to be intimate with; to befriend
imperial court; royal court
exclusive; attached to; specialist
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
professor; teaching; instruction
powerful person; influential person
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to gather; to collect; to assemble
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
fixed; obvious; commonplace
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-