first shrine visit of the New Year
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
memory; sense; experience
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
right side; right-hand side
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to be too numerous; to be too much
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to peel; to skin; to pare
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)