older brother; elder brother
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
everywhere; at every turn
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
commitment; pledge; promise
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
feeling one gets from listening to something
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to need; to call for; to require
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
blunder; slip; error; error
riskiness; (level of) danger
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)