to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
final farewell (in this life)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
discipline; training; teaching manners
reputation; respectability
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
treating (someone) like an object
concession; conciliation; compromise
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
to mind; to care; to worry
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony