housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
serialization; serialisation; serial story
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
ready-made; common-law (wife)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to hand over; to surrender
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out