forgetting the hardships of the old year; forgetting one another's age difference
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
hearing; audible sound; rumour; rumor; tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)
trivial; not amounting to much
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
English conversation; school for English conversation
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
compilation; editing; recording
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable