past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
attendance; presence; appearance
to have the privilege of doing
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
kind; sort; species; species
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
mistress; kept woman; concubine
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
way of speaking; intimation
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
whole nation; whole land; whole country
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
official business; public business
to frolic about; to mess around
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
order of chivalry; chivalric order
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling