first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike
when it becomes; when it comes to
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
big leakage; uncontained leak
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
beginning; outset; first; onset
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
match; game; bout; contest
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
feeling; sense; impression
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)