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
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
general idea; concept; notion
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
to think too much; to be over-concerned
to become possible; to become able to (do)
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
religious abstinence; purification
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
birth; creation; formation
baby's first annual festival
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
all present; all concerned; all of us
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
social life; social intercourse
very; greatly; exceedingly