forgetting the hardships of the old year; forgetting one another's age difference
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
leisure time; idle moment
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
to die; (lit.) to become a star
social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting
cooking class; cookery school
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
ramification; branching off
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food