pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
almost every day; almost daily
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
major cleanup; spring cleaning
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
I see; that's right; indeed
to recall; to remember; to recollect
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
while; even though; despite
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen