surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
in the morning; during the morning
meeting place; assembly hall
village headman; village mayor
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to subsist; to keep on living
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite