every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
moderate; proper; just right
night stall; night shop; night fair
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
hokora; small wayside shrine
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to accept (a thing) with thanks
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
monetary offering; offertory
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
society; the world; the times
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
superior; superiors; senior
that is to say; so that means
to look around; to survey
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
votive picture (originally of horse)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
to push aside; to push one's way through
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
remembrance; recollection; recognition
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
curious; strange; unusual