just past noon; afternoon
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
(woman's) undersash; rolled omelette mixed with fish (paste) (omelet)
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to freeze to death; to die of cold
to jar; to creak; to grate
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
television program; TV program
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
you can never be too careful
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
New Year's sake; spiced sake