sewing; needlework; embroidery
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.; leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
January; first month of the lunar calendar
either way; in any case; one way or another
position; job; employment; opening
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
line to fold along (e.g. origami, packaging); bend line
one way or the other; either way
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
established practice; custom
prone to complaining; petulant; querulous; grumpy
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
directions; instructions; orders; command
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to raise one's voice; to shout
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
image; figure; figure; form; image