Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
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)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
ripening and turning yellow
(former) imperial university
classification; categorization; sorting
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
very; greatly; exceedingly
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to give a name (to something)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
surface; outward appearance; superficial; shallow
profound; deep; unfathomable
to understand; to make out
superficial knowledge; smatterer
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
literature; books (reference); document
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
unique; peculiar; singular