to cause someone to worry
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
action; operation; effect; function
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
rather; better; instead; if anything
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal; snow shovel; snow plow; snow plough
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
winter vacation; winter holidays
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
New Year's Eve; December 31
noodles with duck meat and Welsh onions
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
freshly pounded (rice cake)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...