elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to know (someone); to think; to believe
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to freeze to death; to die of cold
Laputa (flying island in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
general secretary (of a party, union, etc.); secretary-general; chief secretary
to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
judge; judgement; decision; judging (a person, situation, etc.); judgement
to go ahead; to pull ahead
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
exaltation; emotional uplift
wearing; putting on; attaching (a component, accessory, etc.); fitting; installing
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
meteor; shooting star; falling star
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
Leo (constellation); the Lion; Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
one by one; one after another; successively
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox