winning ticket; lucky number
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
suddenly; all of a sudden
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
sense of values; values; value system
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
packing (material for protecting packed goods); packing (material for sealing a joint); gasket
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
additional time (soccer); stoppage time; injury time
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
nothing; no balls (or no strikes); count of zero; without; none at all
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
worst; worst-case (scenario)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
26th day of the month; 26 days
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
candid shot; unposed photo
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
disk; disc; disk (storage); disc
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy