speech; expression; wording; language
riskiness; (level of) danger
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
reason; cause; history; origin
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
rhyming game; play on words; pun
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
word game; wordplay; playing with words
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
deadly serious; deadly earnest
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
breeding; raising; rearing