cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to dye; to colour; to color
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
Christmas; Nativity; celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to behave well (of a child)
present; gift; to give a present or gift
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
first shrine visit of New Year
good feeling; feeling good
monetary offering; offertory
to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
thereupon; shortly thereafter
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
New Year's Eve; December 31
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)