intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
close; intimate; on good terms
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
something like ...; something called ...
older brother; elder brother
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
class; heading; group; category
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
double suicide; lovers' suicide
blood relationship; blood relative
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
open; spacious; extensive
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
some people; a few people; several people
to be born; to come into the world
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire