district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
Saipan (island near Guam)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
performer; entertainer; celebrity
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
calamity; disaster; accident
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
meaning; significance; sense
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays