staying at home during the New Year's holiday
mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice
social game; social network game
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
having experienced (something); having had the experience (of)
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
during vacation; during the holidays; during one's break; (temporarily) closed; on break
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
first shrine visit of New Year
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship