once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
untreated; left unattended (to); still to be dealt with; unprocessed
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
stillness; repose; standing still
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
elevator landing; elevator hall
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to summon; to get used to call
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
investment; contribution; financing
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)