to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
to intend; to be sure that
grocery store; dealer in dried goods
dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year
to be conspicuous; to stand out
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
thrift; economy; frugality
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
unwise plan; bad policy; inexpediency
most of all; extremely; supremely
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
police; police officer; police station
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
recitation; reciting from memory
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty