(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
true character; real nature
older brother; elder brother
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
questions and answers; dialogue
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support