cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
since one was born; (in) all one's life
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
snivel; nasal mucus; snot
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
proud; having a prominent nose
runny-nosed child; sniveler; sniveller; greenhorn; inexperienced person
woodblock; (printing) block
form (of type); forme; letterpress printing; movable-type printing
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
quest (esp. in role-playing games)
woodblock print; woodcut; woodprint
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman