Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
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)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
fish simmered with soy sauce (and sugar)
secondary sex characteristic
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
kitchen; financial situation
household; home; family; housekeeping
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
Saitama (city, prefecture)
long distance relationship
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
such; like that; that sort of; very
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
disclosure; exposure; revelation
very interesting; of great interest