surface of a board or record
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
attendance; presence; appearance
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
publicity (information) activities; public relations
hastily made; improvised preparation
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
proposal; motion; recommendation
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
sympathy; compassion; pity
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence