depending on; dependent on
reduction; diminution; abatement
-less; lacking; non-existing
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
long (time that has passed); old (story)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to pull in (fish); to land
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
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)
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans