New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
bento; Japanese box lunch
to be softened; to calm down
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
match; game; bout; contest
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
in that manner; like that
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
had better ...; had better not ...
like he said; same for me; ditto
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
no, not like that (but like this)