to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
that is to say; so that means
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
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
older brother; elder brother
at a young age; while still young
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
such; this sort of; like this
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
being upright and cleanhanded
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to shake; to sway; to waver
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
strong interaction; strong force
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word