to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
New Year's pine decoration
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to lean against; to set against
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
that day; the very same day
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after