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premium; premiere

1

production; manufacture

1

both

1

to fall off; to tumble down

3

the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)

1

easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth

1

visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

1

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

1

mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

1

first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

wedding present

1

baby

2

articles; supplies (e.g. office supplies); things (for); utensils; goods; equipment

1

one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

1

matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon

1

natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God

1

losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

2

lively motion; throb

1

to deliver; to hand over; to transfer

1

aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly

2

standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other

2

uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

3

eviction

1

felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

1

labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions

1

anguish

2

baby bath; baby bathtub

2

medical apparatus; medical instruments

1

to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

1

to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

1

to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

1

the five senses

1

(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision

1

baby; infant

2

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri

2

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

1

for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes

2

awfully; terribly

1

mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

10

enrollment in kindergarten; enrollment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.

2

kindergarten entrance ceremony

1

change of course (of a ship); steering

1

parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

1

to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

2

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

3