younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
passage; path; route; one's way
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to brave a danger; to take a risk
counter for birds or rabbits
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to hang low (over; of clouds, fog, etc.); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind a curtain, blinds, etc.)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
antiquity; the previous era
serve; serving (e.g. of food)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home