box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
first shrine visit of New Year
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
affiliated company; affiliated business
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
now; the present time; just now; another; more
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
innumerable; countless; numberless