New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to grumble; to make difficulties
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
interference; intervention; meddling
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
frequency (of occurrence)
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
with a bump; with a clunk
to say; to be pleased to say
coherence; order; focus; point
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
doing as one pleases; having one's own way
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
wounded person; injured person
to wear glasses; to put on glasses