these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
simultaneous; all at once
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; unable to maintain one's fortune
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
monetary offering; offertory
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
January; first month of the lunar calendar
waking; waking up; awakening
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away