to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
impression; strong belief; conviction
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
destination; place one stays during a trip
unprecedented; record-breaking
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
strange festival; odd festival
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
business world; business circles; (the) industry
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
eating; bite (in fishing)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables