to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction; to outbid (someone); to knock down (at an auction)
vintage (year, wine); vintage (car, jeans, etc.)
on and after; from ... onward; since
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to not understand what someone is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
parts; accessories; components
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
debt collection; debt collector
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
pop-up (book, toaster, etc.); pop-up
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person
empress (consort); queen (consort)
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)