next; following; subsequent; stage; station
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
sales battle; business competition
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
point of purchase; point-of-purchase advertising; Post Office Protocol; POP
pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
time; hour; period; class
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
late shift; second shift; afternoon shift
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer