to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
two days before; day before yesterday
within the year; before the year is out
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
this (very thing); this precisely
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
personification; anthropomorphization
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)