character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
soldier; combatant; warrior
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
technique; art; skill; move
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
all you want; as much as one wants
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
close; intimate; on good terms
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
as; because; with; due to
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
flour; meal; powder; dust
direct connection; direct link
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
festival merrymaking; revelry