futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)
viewer; (television) audience
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
long; drawn-out; very long
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
number of articles; quantity
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
Japanese children's game; preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders
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)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve