it's no joke; gimme a break!
difference; discrepancy; variation
game balance; balance between difficulty and enjoyability
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
great cause; moral law; justice
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
born of the same mother; kindred spirits
as a child; when one was a child
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to invite in; to show someone in
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
next generation; future generation
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
the way one works; one's working manner
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
first of all; in the first place
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
science and technology; scientific technique
evident; plain; distinct; clear
middle period; medium-term
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn