food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
reception of a decoration; reception of an order
(not) even once; (not) ever
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
don't worry; there's no need to worry
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
town girl; girl raised in a town
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
while alive; during one's lifetime
impossible; unlikely; improbable
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
nothing but; none other than