all over Japan; throughout Japan
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
first shrine visit of New Year
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
New Year's Eve; end of the year
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
drinking bout; merrymaking
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
all; entire; whole; altogether
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result