New Year's Eve; end of the year
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
rice boiled with adzuki beans
heap; pile; stack; full measure
red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana); Japanese elderberry
thick chopsticks with both ends equally thin
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
prayer (for something); supplication
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
cooked rice placed at the bedside or grave of the deceased
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
before god; before an altar
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
cooked rice; something one never grows tired of
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture