three sides; small offering stand
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves); white underside; white bottom; white inner
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
generation; the world; the age
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
descendant; posterity; offspring
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
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)
staff with plaited paper streamers
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
feeling; sense; impression
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
charm; incantation; spell; curse
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
finishing blow; coup de grâce
honorific/polite/humble prefix
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays