sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
New Year's pine decorations
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress