probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
major cleanup; spring cleaning
New Year's Eve; December 31
to take a breath; to take a short rest
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
flipping (e.g. a page); peeling off; fluently
time around sunset; early evening
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
running as fast as one can
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
how; in what way; circumstances
hurriedly; in haste; in a rush; hurry up!; quickly!; get going!
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something