gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
coming and going; commuting
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
matcha; powdered green tea
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
unique; individual; original; unusual
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
elopement; running away with a lover
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
be (that) as it may; having said that
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
powerful person; influential person
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing