interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
every person; each one; everybody
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
first shrine visit of the New Year
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to face; to go towards; to head towards
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
Fushimiinaritaisha (in Kyoto)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave