older brother; elder brother
two persons; two people; pair; couple
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
while; during; while; although; all; both
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
Japanese person; Japanese people
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough