to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
for a while; for some time; for a period
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
innermost depths of one's heart
family; members of a family
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
like this; this sort; this way
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
first shrine visit of New Year
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
neighbourhood; neighborhood
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
God; god; ace; king; superior person
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
putting on weight over the New Year's holidays
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)
exactly as stated; verbatim
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
in that manner; like that
there is no way that ...; easy; simple