January; first month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; the first of the month
first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day
to raise one's voice; to shout
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
bottom; last; last place; mud
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game
good old; good old-fashioned
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
equipment; fixtures; furnishings; fittings; furniture; supplies
explanatory; expository; elucidatory
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet