bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
popular name; common name; given name
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
fish that are called by different names as they grow larger
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
food and alcohol offering to the gods
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
how long; how much; to what extent
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
don't you think?; indicates question
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
January; first month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)