futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
(seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor)
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
financial power; financial means; wealth
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
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
some people; a few people; several people
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
fall; drop; descent; coming down
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
absorption; suction; attraction
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently