The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
effect; result; worth; use; avail
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
it's probably so; it stands to reason
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
over-fond parent; doting parent
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
boy; son; baby boy; young man
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to watch steadily; to stare
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
(in) his way; peculiar to him