in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
first shrine visit of New Year
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
monetary offering; offertory
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
terrible luck; very bad luck
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
eating like a dog; sloppy eating; (arch.) dog fighting
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
just because; even if; even though
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
fall; drop; descent; coming down
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to drink up; to drain (cup)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)