whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
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)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
frequent; densely packed; thick
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
than; other than; except; but
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
getting nauseated; getting angry
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to raise one's voice; to shout
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
yearning; longing for; deep affection
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
height of; middle of; full bloom
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to pluck; to pick; to tear
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
fat; tallow; lard; grease