to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to be entwined; to be involved
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
interval; break; pause; spare moment
serious; severe; grave; acute
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
upper half of the body; upper body
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
relation; connection; relevance
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
identification; ID; identity
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older brother; elder brother
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain