pus; corruption; rot; evils
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
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)
two colours; two varieties; two types
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to cry and shout; to scream
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
badness; evilness; bad; evil
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
second basement level; subbasement
sense of unity; sense of oneness
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
the whole nation; all the people in the land
second generation; second; junior
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting