to have a meal; to take a meal
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
type of occupation; occupational category
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
place; room; margin; scope
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
authority; power; influence
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience
state of mind; mentality; psychology
regulation; adjustment; control
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do