with a friendly grin; smilingly
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
in proportion to; just as much as
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
this (very thing); this precisely
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
nature; property; disposition
natto (fermented soybeans)
here and there; everywhere
acting as go-between; good offices
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
broker; employment agency
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
New Year's Eve; December 31
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
fifth day of the month; five days
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
year-end fair; year-end market
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson