to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to face on; to look out on to
shop; small store; business; firm
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
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)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
passage in a discourse; one section; one scene
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to well up; to burst; to arise
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
really; truly; indeed; good grief
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
in its entirety; whole; wholly
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
arm; skill; efforts; ability
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding