discarding; firing (an employee)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
considerably; fairly; quite
to become better; to improve
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
New Year's Eve; December 31
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
outward appearance; apparent
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
suffix for familiar person
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
how many people; a number of people
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides