bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
foreign enemy; outside invader
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
nowadays; in this day and age
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
building with a gabled, hipped roof
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
personality; style; appearance
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
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)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
snowflake-shaped family crest
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
silence (not speaking); muteness
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
(in Japanese architecture) transom
everywhere; at every turn