to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
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
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
already; now; no longer; not any more
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
there is nothing; having nothing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
son of a bitch; piece of shit
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
to have the privilege of doing
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
it's been a long time; long time no see
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
it is I who should say so
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
moderately wealthy person
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man