older brother; elder brother
dark (color); concentrated; thick
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
body; physical system; (the) person
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
even though; despite; when
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
two times; twice; two degrees
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss