How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
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)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
ladder form of "high" kanji
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
now that; since; so long as; because
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
again; once more; a second time
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)