the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
division into equal parts; equal parts
follow-up service; after-sales follow up
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
inheritance; something given or received
way of speaking; profession
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
meal set before one; women's advances
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
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)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
sense of values; values; value system