elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
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to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to smash violently; to crush
discipline; training; teaching manners
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
you (plural); all of you; you all
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
taxpayers' (precious) money; hard-earned tax money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service
dispute; argument; contention
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
correction; revision; amendment
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
to refer to; to use as reference
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)