disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
and so; therefore; for that reason
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
and then; and so; and; so then
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus)
confections; sweets; candy; cake
chief; main; principal; major
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
existence; possession; having; limited company
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...)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
royal prince; crown prince's younger brother
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off