well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
(short) rest; breather; break
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
body; body blow (in boxing)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
Japanese (people, language, style)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
Japanese person; Japanese people
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to talk; to chat; to chatter
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
first shrine visit of New Year
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
for a while; for some time; for a period
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)