collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
individual; particular; discrete; distinct
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
riskiness; (level of) danger
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; UNESCO
intangible cultural heritage
registration; accession; register; entry; record
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
unprecedented; never seen before
obscure; vague; ambiguous
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
chief; main; principal; important
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
New Year's Eve; December 31
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
New Year's sake; spiced sake
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)
rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring
schedule; program; programme; agenda
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood