elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
Buddhist (household) altar
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
arm; skill; efforts; ability
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
failure; mistake; blunder
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
and yet; though; when; in spite of
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
leather strap; thong; leash
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly