earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes
communicating while drinking (usu. with colleagues); communicating through drinking together; boozing with work people
bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc.; ritual burning of money, cedar sticks, or other objects as an offering
all night; the whole night
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
sexless; without sex; sexlessness
cooking expert; culinary researcher
YouTuber; YouTube celebrity
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
cooking program; cookery show
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
forced repatriation; deportation
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter
set of three; three sets; three classes
court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); room for a very low class prostitute; very low class prostitute
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
(husband and wife) both working; dual income