form; method; system; formula
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
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 be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
corpulence; fatness; obesity
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
cellophane tape; (transparent) adhesive tape; Sellotape; Scotch tape
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
eight (long cylindrical things)
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility); visiting card; name card
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
to sniff out; to get wind of
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney