to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
means of transportation; transport service
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to anticipate; to foresee
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
grandfather; male senior-citizen
it's not like; it isn't as if
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
(someone else's) parents; both parents
be (that) as it may; having said that
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to complain; to make a complaint
senior high school; high school
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
every year; yearly; annually
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted