samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
toning down; calming down; slowing down; mollification
prickling; stinging; tingling
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
bet; wager; stake; gamble
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
main purpose; primary objective
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
for the present; for the time being
higher rank; better position
the lion's share; the cream
to care for someone; to look after someone
disliking; having an antipathy to
shoeshine; shoe polishing
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
vicious circle; vicious cycle
system; institution; organization; organisation
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission