Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
New Year's sake; spiced sake
departure; leaving; setting off
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
stabbing (repeatedly); piercing; (words) cutting to the heart; striking home; loose; sloppy
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
interference; intervention; meddling
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
frequency (of occurrence)
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
to say; to be pleased to say
coherence; order; focus; point
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
doing as one pleases; having one's own way
soft; tender; supple; flexible; gentle; mild
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
nikujaga; meat and potato stew