New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
television program; TV program
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
New Year's sake; spiced sake
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
soft drink; refreshing drink
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
street stall; stand; booth
road approaching a shrine
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
history; pedigree; lineage
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
line; queue; procession; matrix
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold