homecoming; return to one's home
financial power; financial means; wealth
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
sharply; harshly; stingingly
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
the positive and the negative; yin and yang
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
evil spirit; demon; devil
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to throw into; to dump in together
alcohol drunk as a punishment (for arriving late, losing a game, etc.)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle