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 a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
quarrel; trouble; dispute
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
exhibition; exhibition game
within the year; before the year is out
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
shellfish; seashell; shell
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
stirring; slight movement
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
thunderous roar; roaring sound
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty