year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
every year; yearly; annually
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
approximate age; age range
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
New Year's Eve; end of the year
mature woman; middle-aged woman
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
of tender years; very young
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
of tender years; very young
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
apparent age (of someone); rough age
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years
to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged
beginning of the year; the oldest person
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions
age relationship; luck attending age
an old man's indiscretions
Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
like an old man; like an old woman
for many years; anciently
forgetting the hardships of the old year; year-end drinking party
couple with a large age disparity
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
marriage between partners of very different ages; May-December marriage
next year; following year
growing older; aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)
year-end fair; year-end market
to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year
nobody can win against advancing age
to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)
two years before last (year); three years back (ago)
divination that predicts the events of the whole year (esp. concerning crops)
way one ages; aging (gracefully, etc.)
the passing year; the old year
child born in last half of the year
Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
fish served with white rice on New Year's eve
age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens); (lit.) age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing
guardian deity of grain farming; guardian deity of the rice harvest
sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo
crying over spilt milk; (lit.) counting the age of one's dead child
continuance into the New Year
Tōhoku harvest divination event (14th night of the New Year)
special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
child born of older parents; child raised by grandparents; child spoiled by doting grandparents
child born of older parents; child raised by grandparents; child spoiled by doting grandparents
child born in first half of the year
being older or a senior; the first half of the year
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
beans of the bean-scattering ceremony
temporary coaching status for a retired wrestler
some people are never satisfied; (lit.) the crane envies the longevity of the turtle
New Year's Eve; December 31; Jupiter (planet)
grain (esp. rice); rice cultivation
elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period