established practice; custom
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
first shrine visit of the New Year
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
Spam (canned luncheon meat); spam (unsolicited email messages)
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
Dejima; artificial island in Nagasaki used as a Portuguese and Dutch trading post between 1634 and 1854
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn