to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
cartoon character; anime character
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
road approaching a shrine
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
prayer (for something); supplication
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
one's romantic fate; one's luck in love
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
prayer for success in an entrance exam
safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
based on; on the basis of
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
yourself; himself; herself
playing the victim; playing the victim card
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
doorknob; door knob; door handle
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to