moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
invitation; introduction; temptation
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
New Year's Eve; December 31
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
ninth day of the month; nine days
beginning; outset; first; onset
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
if you think about it; come to think of it
to push aside; to push one's way through
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
hateful; detestable; loathsome
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)