New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
leaping through time; time travel
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
pump priming; cause; impetus; spark
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
suicidal ideation; suicidal thoughts
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
predicament; one's ground; one's position
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
appropriate move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
Gone with the Wind (1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, film 1939)
anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
resignation; giving up the game for lost
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
bearish tendency; weak tone (of a market)
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
second offense; second offence
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
New Year's sake; spiced sake
dressed up (in fine clothes)
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)