sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
lightheadedness; disorientation; wobbliness; staggering
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
all sorts of; all kinds of
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
to frolic about; to mess around
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to have more losses than wins; to trail an opponent (e.g. by two games); to be behind (in wins); to have a losing record
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
no need to guess; certainly
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
delivery; transfer; hand-over
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
honour; honor; glory; renown
to be blessed with children