mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
to make a speech; to address
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
genius; prodigy; natural gift
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
demo tape; demonstration tape
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
long run (of a film, play, product, etc.)
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
Japanese person; Japanese people
to have an eye on; to zero in on
tie-up; collaboration; partnership; cooperation
ongoing; in progress; afoot
in terms of; from the point of view of
instrumental; instructions; instructing; installation (esp. software)
to be excited; to be elated
hook (high point of a song); chorus
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
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)
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of