maid; helper; help; assistance
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to jar; to creak; to grate
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
every year; yearly; annually
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
custom; practice; convention; precedent
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
something like ...; something called ...
sick of life; world-weary; pessimistic
to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
night stall; night shop; night fair
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement