pupil in ... year; student in ... year
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to thrust before; to thrust at
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
that day; the very same day
family; members of a family
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to call each other; to call out to one another
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
leaping through time; time travel
no!; no no!; no, not at all
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
proposal; offer; request; application
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think