guardians; parents; father and older brother
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
serious; severe; grave; acute
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
decrease; reduction; decline
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to burst open; to pop; to split
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
to throw on the fire; to burn
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to blaze; to burn brightly
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to collapse into; to flop onto
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
comma; decimal point; radix point
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket