just past noon; afternoon
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
while; even though; despite
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
good-natured; of good character
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
just one person; only one
to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
this world; this life; world of the living
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
(arch.) all together in a line; (arch.) all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
something like ...; something called ...
thought; consideration; thinking
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself