New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
tenth day of the month; ten days
soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
to make an appearance; to show up
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)
common people; ordinary people; masses
middle of the night; dead of night
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
firefighter (Edo period); construction worker; scaffolding builder
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
major cleanup; spring cleaning
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
established practice; custom
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
traditional Japanese handball game
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire