entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
in comparison to; rather than
door; gate; opening; title page
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
other; another; over; more than; I; me
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
Sheffield (Britain); Shefield
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
first generation; founder
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute