least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
senior high school student
New Year's Eve; December 31
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
first shrine visit of New Year
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
contrived; false-sounding
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
height (of body); stature
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
any more; any further; any better; any longer
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to comfort; to console; to amuse
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
appointment; rendezvous; date
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
reconciliation; make peace with
close; intimate; on good terms
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
stomach ache; abdominal pain