first shrine visit of New Year
father; dad; husband; you; he
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
convenient; handy; useful
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
will not do; do not; does not
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
city girl; fashionable girl
briskly; quickly; promptly
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
that's true; of course; obviously
indicate reason; infers some protest
(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety