charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
irritation; annoyance; frustration
resentment; indignation; anger
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
very; extremely; excessively
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
period of time; time slot; time zone
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha