leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to get distracted; to jump off the track
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
rest; break; recess; intermission
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
summer vacation; summer holiday
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
prayer for school success
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
senior high school; high school
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
together; at the same time; same; identical