older brother; elder brother
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
in that way; thus; so; so?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
honour; honor; glory; privilege
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
connection; link; relationship
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to have a talk; to tell a story
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)