sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
to tumble down; to roll down
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
diagnosis; medical examination
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
fifth day of the month; five days
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
coating (esp. lacquering)
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
to jump up and down; to hop
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to crawl out of; to creep out of
Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
kaya (Torreya nucifera); Japanese nutmeg tree
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth