kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
(your) choice; preference; wish
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
to talk together; to chat together
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
to understand from experience
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
productive; constructive; meaningful
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
apparent temperature; "feels like" temperature
walking speed; walking pace
unscrupulous sales practice involving expensive hard-to-break contracts
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law