year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
first shrine visit of the New Year
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
ongoing; in progress; afoot
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with