to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
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 occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
pop-pop boat; toy boat with simple steam impeller; steam passenger launch
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
Port and Harbor Authority
ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg); tonne
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)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
Japanese person; Japanese people
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
third day of the month; three days
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
watch-keeping; guard; lookout