the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to give notice; to submit notice
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
to leave as is; to ignore
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
(one small) fine-tuning; reworking; easily beating; easily defeating
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
eating between meals; snacking
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
annual expenditure; annual salary paid to Diet members
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
what's what; heads or tails
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making