surely (not); certainly (not)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth
soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
to cease; to stop; to be over
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
major cleanup; spring cleaning
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
very busy (person or thing)
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
silence; stillness; quietness
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
last business day of the year
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
January; first month of the lunar calendar