sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
just one person; only one
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō); bad year; annus horribilis
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
just because; even if; even though
meaning; significance; sense
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
another time; some other time
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable