duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
fine weather; fair weather
first shrine visit of New Year
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
looking away; looking aside
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
doing as one is told; yes-man
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
that day; the very same day
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely