to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
homecoming; returning home
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
20th day of the month; 20 days
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
one's house; one's home; one's family
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
news programme; news program
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
another thing; other things; another man's property
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
discipline; training; teaching manners
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)
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
first shrine visit of the New Year
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
kitchen; financial situation; finances