soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
drinking and eating too much
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
adds force or indicates command
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
shop; small store; business; firm
New Year's pine decorations
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
street stall; stand; booth
business; trade; operations; sales
in the same way as; just like
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
suffix for familiar person
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs