diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
greeting; a fine thing to say
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
slim; slender; slight; delicate
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
association; union; guild
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over