amazake; sweet drink made from fermented rice or sake lees
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
participant; entrant; player; competitor
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
just because; even if; even though
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
promotion (school, military, etc.)
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
within the family; in the home; domestic
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
control; management; supervision
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes