seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
two persons; two people; pair; couple
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree
rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
each; (arch.) you (plural)
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
calamity; disaster; misfortune
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
crops; agricultural produce
abundant harvest; bumper crop
beginning of the year; the oldest person
agricultural, mountain and fishing villages; rural districts
dual structure; double structure
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
in the same way as; just like
both; both sides; both parties
twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
fixed date; settlement date
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to play a leading role; to play a central part
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)