to run a shop; to have a shop
January; first month of the lunar calendar
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to view the past with nostalgia
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to complain; to make a complaint
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to apologize; to apologise
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
transfer; transport; removal
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
journey; route of a journey
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to bring back; to restore
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation