to bring; to take; to bring about
cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
scale; scope; plan; structure
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
accurate; correct; precise; exact
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be erected; to be built
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
wherein; therein; thereinto
single door (as opposed to a double door)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
long ago; already; a long time ago
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
made of aluminum (aluminium)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
first shrine visit of New Year
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
annual function; annual event
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around