general; popular; common; typical
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one's later years; final years (in life)
world; society; people; the public
making a rough estimate in one's head; expectation; anticipation
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
debt collection; debt collector
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
-less; lacking; non-existing
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self