sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
festival; feast; carnival
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
Japanese food; Japanese meal
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
Ajinomoto; brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
local specialty; local special dish
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
counter seat; seat at the counter
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
tune (melody, piece of music)
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
to be softened; to calm down
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
audience; attendance; hearers
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)