jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
naturally; of course; understandably
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
open air; outdoors; outside
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
New Year's sake; spiced sake
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
auspicious day; good day; lucky day; beautiful day
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
inheritance; something given or received
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); (arch.) dream on the night of setsubun
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
(one's) best condition; top form
best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)
auspicious dream; well-boding dream
contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
being superstitious; superstitious person
(Japanese-style) living room
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
halfway (through, complete); midway
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range