New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
seventh day of the month; seven days
the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs
February; second month of the lunar calendar
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)
great purification; purification rite performed twice a year, before daijōsai and after major disasters
etc.; et cetera; and so on
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
every year; yearly; annually
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
question; inquiry; enquiry
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
after school (at the end of the day)