immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
cruelty; hard-heartedness
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to grant someone's request
more than usual; especially; particularly
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
the same generation; coeval
older brother; elder brother
older sister; elder sister
separate; scattered; apart
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
correction; revision; amendment
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
how many years; how long; what year
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
several times; several degrees
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to breathe out; to exhale
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss