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)
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
both; both sides; both parties
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag
to dye; to colour; to color
in succession; one by one
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
just one person; only one
stingy; cheap; very frugal
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
race (of people); type of person
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
genuine article; real thing; real deal
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)