noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
world; society; people; the public
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to change completely; to change suddenly
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
period of time; time slot; time zone
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
understood; I see; OK; present; here
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
and then; and so; and; so then
middle of the night; dead of night
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth