lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
meeting; greeting; welcome
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
lucky-dip bag; grab bag; mystery package (with a variety of articles possibly worth more than the purchase price)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
rather; sooner; preferably
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
by myself; in person; by oneself
elegance; taste; refinement
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to say; to tell; to state; to do
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
un-; non-; negative prefix
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing