good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
enumeration; citation; listing
rival; competitor; competition
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
personal; individual; private
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
now that; since; so long as; because
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
build; physique; frame; constitution
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)