starting a business; opening a store (for the day)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to become red; to redden; to blush
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to spit out; to eject; to dump
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
one eye; one of one's eyes
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
even though things may appear this way
to thrust away; to send flying
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
base (military, expedition, etc.)