to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
manner of using one's hands
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
(very) patient; persevering
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
great success; huge success
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)