home; household; family; hearth
human; human-like; as a person
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
feeling; sense; impression
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
near oneself; close to one; familiar
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to keep away; to keep at a distance
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in