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(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire

2

Christmas

20

greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year

21

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

4

battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season

1

leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

2

advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

1

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

2

Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25

7

osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays

3

pre-order; advance order

2

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

10

all year round; all the time; year in and year out

1

cold; coldness; chilliness

107

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

2

end-of-year; year-end

12

being very busy; busyness

1

broiled sweet chestnuts

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

2

to leave space (between)

2

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

winter vacation; winter holidays

2

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

17

to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

1

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail

2

year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)

5

homecoming; returning home

6

decoration; arrangement

5

cake shop; pastry shop

4

bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)

3

season; time of year

6

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

7

high density

1

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

4

the four seasons

1

roast chicken

1

break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

3

shiveringly

1

to base something on; to make something the basis

2

generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia

7

protection against the cold

29

one (bird or rabbit)

1

to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

6

to warm (up); to heat (up)

2

near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

1

to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun

4

winter clothing

72

unique; peculiar; singular

2

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

1