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(idiomatic) The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.

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business as usual

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business as usual

Noun

idiomatic uncountable

(idiomatic) The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.

Japanese Meaning

通常通りの活動（例外的な状況でも通常の流れが続く状態）

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Even after the merger announcement, it was business as usual at the sales office.

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合併発表の後でも、営業所では平常通りの業務が続いていた。

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(idiomatic) The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.

The phase “Business as Usual” ran about the world, and the papers abounded in articles in which going on as though there was no war at all was demonstrated to be the truest form of patriotism. […] “Business as usual during Alterations to the Map of Europe” was the advertisement of one cheerful barber, widely quoted. . . .

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(idiomatic) The normal execution of standard functional operations within an organisation, particularly in contrast to a project or program which would introduce change (although that change may itself become business as usual).

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