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
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
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
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
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 stop by; to drop in for a short visit
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
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; stuff; stuffing; filling
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce