older brother and younger sister
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
application problem; exercises
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
overall victory; championship
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
memory; ability to remember
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
adaptability; ability to apply knowledge to new situations; practical skills
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to begin; to set about; to start
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
after that (a substantive change occurred)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
police officer; policeman; constable