serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
to be transparent; to show through
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
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)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
as; because; with; due to
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
horse tack; horse gear; harness
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
taking turns; relieving the guard
to blow water (whale, blowhole, etc.); to spout; to squirt (female ejaculation)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to die; (lit.) to become a star
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
cannot be compared with; no match for
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality