New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
to control; to command; to get the better of
rubbing; scrubbing; scraping
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
cake served with tea; teacake
present (brought by a visitor); gift
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
happy family get-together
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
suggestion; hint; implication
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
intimacy; affection; familiarity
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy