a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to lead a life; to live a life
arrest; apprehension; capture
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
older half-brother (by a different mother)
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
half a ken (approx. 0.9 m); half-sized tatami mat
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
town; city; municipal; urban
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
destination (one is heading towards); goal
wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie
along the river; riverside