older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
reputation; respectability
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to burst (open); to break; to split
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to look around; to take a view of
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
rendezvous (with a romantic partner); date; rendezvous (of two spacecraft)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
strongish; somewhat strong
hair dyed brown; brown-dyed hair
one's house; one's home; one's family
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance