thought; consideration; thinking
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
bento; Japanese box lunch
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)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
bento; Japanese box lunch
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
along the road; along the way
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
(having) life-and-death power (over)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
subordination; dependency
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
lately; recently; nowadays
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
to be discordant; to have discord
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
sexual desire; sex drive; lust