re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)
Plum Creek (Cottonwood River)
modern; up-to-date; art nouveau; Beaujolais nouveau (wine)
boundless; limitless; vast; broad
first shrine visit of the New Year
overseas territories; outlying areas
feigned innocence or naivete; beguiling innocence; wolf in sheep's clothing
free-spirited and uninhibited
inscription on stone monuments, metal receptacles, etc.; exergue; inscribing
being in a helpless situation; (lit.) (like a) fish on a chopping board
fretting about forced idleness
The Swiss Family Robinson
the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat
building with a gabled, hipped roof
auspicious day; good day; lucky day; beautiful day
great love of books; favorite book (favourite)
habit of idleness (laziness); indolence
best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)
pretext; excuse; plea; message (esp. oral)
snowflake-shaped family crest
Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC); The Zuo Tradition; The Commentary of Zuo
negligence; carelessness; mistake
dust protection; dust cover
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
accompaniment to a drink served at celebrations (such as New Year)
cypress bark roof; hinoki bark thatching
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
the whole month; all the month
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)