older brother; elder brother
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
power; might; authority; influence
reduction by half; halving
right in the center (centre)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
ordinary citizen; the general public
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
arrest; apprehension; capture
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
orders; instructions; directive; command
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin