thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
world; society; people; the public
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; season; period; phase; stage
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
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)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo