January; first month of the lunar calendar
sixth day of the month; six days
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
modesty; humility; being humble
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
journal; magazine; periodical
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
this world; this life; world of the living
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
performer; entertainer; celebrity
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night