favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound
one's figure during sleep
sofa; couch; lounge chair
to have the memory of having done something oneself
to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
metallic lustre; metallic luster
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
cake or snack served with tea
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
(another's) daughter; young lady
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
head house (family); birthplace; originator
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
established practice; custom
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
branch office; branch store
generation; lifetime; age
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
manners; behavior; behaviour
public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
every year; yearly; annually
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to repair again; to join again
Kyoto style; urbanity; refinement
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
personal affair; one's own affair
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful