the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
hieroglyphics; pictograph; character representing a picture of an object
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to care for someone; to look after someone
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; the first of the month
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
first shrine visit of the New Year
every year; yearly; annually
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
shrine dedicated to Hachiman; Hachiman shrine
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
dozens; scores of; decades
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
urinary bladder; urinary cyst; vesica urinaria; bladder
Inari shrine; shrine dedicated to Inari
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order