chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to smile (at); to grin (at)
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to look around; to survey
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
every person; each one; everybody
birds of a feather flock together
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
three kinds; three varieties
picking; collecting; harvesting
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
river; stream; River; the ... river
salmon, saffron cod, etc. cut into thin slices while frozen
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
single word; a few words; brief comment
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
home area; home town; local
yearned for; longed for; missed
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally