brick (used in Chinese-style buildings)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
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)
rural beauty; rusticity; rustic beauty
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
3000; three thousand; many
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
government office; public office
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence