(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
study; diligence; discount; reduction
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to pass (of time); to elapse
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
several times; a few times
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
other than; excluding; without
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
relatively; comparatively
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
sorry; excuse me; thank you