cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
just past noon; afternoon
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
cold snap; wave of extremely cold weather
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
heavy snow; heavy snowfall; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
rather; better; instead; if anything
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
material; materials; data; information; documents
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to become hoarse; to become husky
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
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probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
too (much); overly; excessively
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
every year; yearly; annually