tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
tingling; stinging; pungently
to stand by; to be on standby
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
president (of a society); chairman
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
recuperation; medical treatment
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to rock; to shake; to swing
program of a ceremony (programme)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
percent; per cent; percentage
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
literally; self-explanatorily
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
duty; obligation; responsibility
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices