happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
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
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
annual function; annual event
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
national holiday; festival day
every year; yearly; annually
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
wintertime; winter season
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
first shrine visit of New Year
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days