year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
the very start; the very beginning
confusion; distraction; derangement
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
base sequence; nucleotide sequence; nucleic acid sequence
questionnaire; survey; poll
twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
burst (tire, pipe, etc.); rupture; blowout; burst (radiation, signal, etc.)
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
vomiting blood; hematemesis
author; writer; novelist; artist
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days; 12-year Chinese zodiac
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
(advertising) slogan; catchphrase; tagline
tick-tock; tick-tack; sound of clock
(not possible) on such short notice
an instant; a split second; no time at all
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
frequency (of occurrence)
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
striking; remarkable; considerable
existence; being; life; survival
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science