device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
(traditional) festival music
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
January; first month of the lunar calendar
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
business; trade; operations; sales
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
articles; supplies (e.g. office supplies); things (for); utensils; goods; equipment
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
excessive drinking and eating; overeating and overdrinking
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
please be careful; please take care
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
collection of short stories; collected short stories
encouragement; incentive; stimulus
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
inattention; absent-mindedness
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky
Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead