detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
to be erected; to be built
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
another thing; other things; another man's property
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
string made from twisted paper
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
one eye; one of one's eyes
incident; affair; happening; event
New Year's Eve; end of the year
friendly relations; social relations; social life
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)
refined taste; good taste
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing