(writing, painting) brush
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
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)
richly colored; richly coloured
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
title; index; heading; headline; caption
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
one's last writing; ceasing to write
upper reaches of a river; upstream
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
sickroom; hospital room; ward
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
the other day; a few days ago
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
stomach ache; abdominal pain
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
just because; even if; even though
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
time; hour; season; time of the year
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
in the hospital; hospitalized
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry