(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
New Year's sake; spiced sake
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
one's house; one's home; one's family
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
carbonization; carbonisation
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
New Year's Eve; December 31
fate; destiny; predestination
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
living; lifestyle; living room
first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day