紅白 – Vocabulary details

紅こう白はく

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors)

Noun

2. two teams; two groups

3. Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

Kanji used

紅

deep red

白

white

Pitch accent

こ

うはく

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Composed of

紅こう

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

白はく

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

紅こう白はく戦せん

contest between two groups; intra-squad game

紅こう白はく歌うた合がっ戦せん

Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK

紅こう白はく帯おび

red and white sash; red and white belt

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Examples (2 in total)

彼かの女じょは今こ年とし初はじめて紅こう白はくに出しゅつ場じょうする。

She is appearing on the Kohaku song show for the first time this year.

この歌か手しゅは紅こう白はくに三さん回かい出しゅつ場じょうしている。