"dropping the daruma", a game where a daruma is placed upon disks of wood, and these disks must be struck and removed with a hammer without the doll falling.

to die (from accidents or disease)

to let one's voice become quieter

陥れる, 落とし入れる, 落し入れる: to drop something and let it fall into something; to assault (for example, a castle); to frame, entrap, or trick someone into

Happy New Year (an expression wishing one the best for the next year, used before New Year's Day)

love child / some undesirable product, child, or consequence; the aftermath

the greater part, the most part, large part

big, large / the large part of / (religion) arch-

Abbreviation of 大学 (daigaku, “university”).

big; large / great; important