year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
older brother; elder brother
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
rope; cord; policeman's rope
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
duty; function; office; mission; task
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover