race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
another kind; distinct species; variety
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
question; inquiry; enquiry
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(water-filled) paddy field
rice cultivation; rice crop
to spend time (on doing something)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
(United States of) America; USA
fields (of rice and other crops)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
indicate reason; infers some protest
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
life or death; existence; destiny
major incident; major happening; big scandal
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
every year; yearly; annually
and yet; though; when; in spite of
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
New Year's pine decoration
kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
I see; that's right; indeed
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)