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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)

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acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

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tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

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mutual enemies

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prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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flirting; making out

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divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle

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blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

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red team

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freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration

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white team

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to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out

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to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

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unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

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to flirt with; to dally

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action committee; executive committee

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candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

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particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

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short-distance race; sprint

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every kind; all sorts

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relay

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obstacle race

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scavenger hunt race

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three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem

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ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)

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tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)

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department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

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field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

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one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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leg strength; walking ability; running ability

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speed

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safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

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to be conspicuous; to stand out

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borrowed thing

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competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

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depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

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camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting

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head-on collision

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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safety; security

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participation by all

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mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight

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close; intimate; on good terms

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pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

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feeling of alienation

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