(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
right in the middle (of); midst; height
raw materials; ingredients
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
packing; crating; packaging
to fold up; to fold into layers
purchased item; purchased goods; (a) purchase
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
serve; serving (e.g. of food)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
brontosaurus; apatosaurus
shooter; vaccinator; inoculator; drummer (taiko, etc.)
fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
simulated experience; simulation
selling like mad; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
major dealer; wealthy merchant
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
first shrine visit of New Year
clerk at the information desk