hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
flagship product; leading product; hallmark product
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
number of articles; quantity
limited stocks; limited lines; limited supplies
white bean jam; sweet white bean paste
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)
item; article; dish; course; finest item
morning; forenoon; just before noon
food; food products; foodstuffs
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
another shop, store, or firm
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
treatment; service; handling; management
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy