to manage something successfully; to be successful
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
New Year's Eve; December 31
company; corporation; workplace
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
if you think about it; come to think of it
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to understand; to make out
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
to take over; to hand over
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
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
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to be softened; to calm down
to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew