manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
long ago; already; a long time ago
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
fortune-telling; divination
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
early (days); initial stage; initial
fields (of rice and other crops)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
third day of the month; three days
sixth day of the month; six days
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
New Year's Eve; end of the year
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
to taste; to try (food or drink)
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
growing older; aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)
tool; implement; means; furniture
winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
empty residence; empty estate; empty lot