older brother; elder brother
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
headquarters; head office; main office
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
since then; from that time; ever since
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
encumbrance; burden; drag
senior high school; high school
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
independence; self-reliance
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception