winter vacation; winter holidays
department store; department
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
to breathe out; to exhale
New Year's Eve; December 31
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
don't worry; there's no need to worry
difficult to eat; unpalatable
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig