strainer; colander; filter
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
small, round cookie; small, round biscuit
decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts
look here; I'll tell you what
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail
children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down
lucky-dip bag; grab bag; mystery package (with a variety of articles possibly worth more than the purchase price)
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
New Year's pine decoration
first year of high school; first-year high school student
elementary and middle school pupils
full payment; liquidation
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
it's been a long time; long time no see
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
ultramarine colour (color)
sharing a room; dormitory room; match between wrestlers from the same stable
colorless and transparent
having a crush on someone; flushing
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
to degenerate; to lapse into
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm