way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
phrase; phrase; strawberry
suspicion (of others); jealousy
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
attractive face and figure
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization
fried mochi covered in soy sauce and wrapped in nori
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
event; phenomenon; matter
witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator
first-come-first-served basis
call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
this much; to this extent; to this degree
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
the ocean; the great deep
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy