meditation; contemplation
feeding (animals); provisioning
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
nutritional value; food value
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
New Year's Eve; December 31
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Christmas Eve; holy night
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
drinking bout; merrymaking
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
contest; comparison; competition
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
supreme; sublime; highest
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
Christmas carol; Christmas song
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
to look away; to turn away
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap