here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
first shrine visit of New Year
monetary offering; offertory
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
successively; one after another
older brother; elder brother
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
buying a replacement; replacing by buying something new
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
well-bred; of good upbringing
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
sweet voice; seductive voice
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)