with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
rope; cord; policeman's rope
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
falling asleep; sleep onset
first shrine visit of New Year
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
schoolgirl; female student
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
pattern resembling that of arrow feathers
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
Western clothing; Western binding
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes