small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
rest; break; recess; intermission
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
both (people); the two of them
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
now that; since; so long as; because
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
such ... as; or some such
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
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
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely