common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
retainer; retinue; servant
system; institution; organization; organisation
samurai; warrior; military family
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
(social) class; rank; grade
appointment; assignment; promotion
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
astronomical observation; stargazing
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
feeling great (refreshed)
life and death; life or death
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
measurement error; calculation error
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to learn something through hearing
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice