protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
New Year's Eve; end of the year
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
something like ...; something called ...
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
lottery; tombola; drawing
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)