to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
verbal promise; one's word
interrupting (someone speaking); butting in; cutting in
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
just past noon; afternoon
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
(woman's) undersash; datemaki; rolled omelette mixed with fish paste (omelet)
to pedal a bicycle; to ride a bicycle; to cycle; to bike
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to freeze to death; to die of cold
to jar; to creak; to grate
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
clip-clop (esp. of geta); jingle-jangle (esp. of an old-fashioned shop doorbell); clink-clink (e.g. of metal on glass); clink-clank
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)