opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
on the occasion of; at the time of
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
older brother and younger sister
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
two persons; two people; pair; couple
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
together; at the same time; same; identical
father; dad; husband; you; he
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.