chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
thickness; profundity; depth
one's style of playing shogi or go
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
willpower; energy; vitality
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
preference; priority; precedence
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
endless; boundless; everlasting
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
pride; dignity; self-respect
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
such ... as; or some such