to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
New Year's sake; spiced sake
youth; minor; young people
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
in order; in turn; one by one
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
ignorant of the ways of the world
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
4th day of the month; four days
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
January; first month of the lunar calendar
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
convenient; handy; useful