common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
naturally; of course; understandably
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
this and that; one thing and another
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
item; something that one "just has to have"
New Year's pine decoration
decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year
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
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
each house; every house; many houses
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to bring; to take; to bring about
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest