no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
all-time low (price, in trading); record low; new low
being Instagrammable; looking good on Instagram
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
washing a kimono (or futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole
shout of victory; cry of triumph
lyrics; lyric (poetry); lyrical
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
mille crêpes (French cake made from layers of crêpes)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
rice cooking; boiling rice
butterfly net; net for catching insects
hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent
quenching; hardening; tempering
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
lucky-dip bag; grab bag; mystery package (with a variety of articles possibly worth more than the purchase price)
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
storefront; front of a store
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
creamy (in flavor or texture)
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
harmony; concord; agreement; unity; union
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
lariat; slip noose; lasso; lariat (wrestling); clothesline