older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
back off!; leave me alone!
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
wisdom tooth; not knowing who one's birth parents are; person who does not know their birth parents
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
breaking off an engagement
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
celebrating recovery from illness
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet