dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
cooking; food preparation
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
way of calling (something or someone)
name; given name; first name
how; in what way; how about
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
established fact; fait accompli
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime