festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
to make merry; to be festive
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
equality; impartiality; evenness
lacking talent; lacking accomplishments
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
casual dish (esp. Japanese food); simple dish
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to become hoarse; to become husky
don't worry; there's no need to worry
pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis); garden pansy; wild pansy (Viola tricolor); heartsease
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
to rebuild; to reconstruct
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank