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)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
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)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to mix; to stir; to blend