best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
to be smart; to be cool; to be sharp; to be stylish
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
within the year; before the year is out
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
winter vacation; winter holidays
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
being on duty; person on duty
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
big leakage; uncontained leak
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)