red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
charcoal; charred remains
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
winter; wintertime; winter term
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
reform; reformation; reorganization
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
top of the head; crown of the head
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
both; both sides; both parties
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize