to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
bolt from the blue; great surprise
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
scorpionfish; marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
conviction; belief; confidence
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
the way back; the way home; return trip
powder snow; powdery snow
to cease; to stop; to be over
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate