to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
riverside; edge of a river
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
drowning; flood; shipwreck
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
one's own work; making by oneself
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions
goddess of (lucky) directions
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
meeting; greeting; welcome
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
shopping; purchased goods
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first