older sister; elder sister
settlement; solution; resolution
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
morin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin); matouqin
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
kumis (fermented mare's milk); kumiss; koumiss
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
that day; the very same day
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
one of these days; someday; one day
equality; impartiality; evenness
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement