diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
New Year's Eve; December 31
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to get angry; to become perverse
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
young person; youth; young
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
Christmas Eve; holy night
meeting; rendezvous; romantic encounter; date
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building