older brother and younger sister
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
becoming dull; slowing down
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
stature; height; size; physique
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
largest class; top category
change of key (during piece); modulation
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
forced repatriation; deportation
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
preparations for returning (home)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
difference; discrepancy; variation
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct