New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to miss a chance; to fail to do
serious; severe; grave; acute
second marriage; remarriage
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
watchful waiting; careful supervision
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to be perturbed; to be agitated
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
several years; a few years
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
objection; dissent; protest
trunk (of the body); soma
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver