younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
how many years; how long; what year
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
sympathy; compassion; pity
to unfold; to unroll; to open
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
had better ...; had better not ...
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
and (also); both ... and; as well as
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
hometown; rural township (of China)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
at that time; in those days
science and technology; scientific technique
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
apparently; appears to be
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with