first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
fish salted and dried overnight
first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
badness; evilness; bad; evil
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
to be settled; to be brought to an end
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
marriage fraud; fake marriage
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
fake; something false; sham; deception
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to draw back; to leave (the area)
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
searching for someone; search for a missing person
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
successful bid; winning a tender
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
division into equal parts; equal parts
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
answering machine; answerphone
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)