room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
in order; in turn; one by one
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
fish served with white rice on New Year's eve
all night; throughout the night
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
to set (sun); to become dark
had better ...; had better not ...
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance