incident; affair; happening; event
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
major cleanup; spring cleaning
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
tool; implement; means; furniture
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
moment; brief space of time
something wrapped in a furoshiki
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to apologize; to apologise
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
New Year's Eve; end of the year
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved