one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
at least; at most; (even) just
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
close; intimate; on good terms
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
class; heading; group; category
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout