alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
receiving; acceptance; reception
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)
resentment; indignation; anger
vertical stripes; striped fabric
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
great commander; famous commander
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
theatre; theater; playhouse
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
drama; play; powerful drug
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
disorder; chaos; confusion
to bring up under one's personal care
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
audience (with a person of high standing)
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses