elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha
gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
unfairness; injustice; partiality
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
earnestly; immediately; exactly
different culture; foreign culture
exercise to help digestion
worn-out; shabby; seedy; completely exhausted
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
PythagoraSwitch (children's TV program produced by NHK)
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); someone who enjoys alcohol; place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; shape of one's mouth when drinking; tap; faucet
everybody is different; to each their own; three different people, three different styles
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
to be superstitious; to believe in omens
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
to give out (off) fragrance
great difference; major mistake
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
blip bleep; in short repeated movements
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
(one's) peers; people around one
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)