desperation; despair; self-abandonment
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
beginning of the year; the oldest person
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be prolonged; to drag on
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
journal; magazine; periodical
every year; yearly; annually
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
the place for; the time for; the level of
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
festival merrymaking; revelry
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands