slowly but steadily

割り下: Japanese sauce usually made of sake, sugar and soy sauce, used for preparing various boiling water pot dishes, such as sukiyaki.

割: proportion; tenth / 割り: ratio or proportion; mixed with (a beverage)

(archaic) the eldest sibling

(rare) an elder brother

pronoun referencing an older brother figure: you, he

elder brother / elder brother-in-law / Short for 花の兄 (hana no ani): alternative name for the 梅 (ume), the Japanese plum (Prunus mume)

(archaic) eldest son / (archaic) a senior / (archaic) (by extension) an elder sibling / (archaic) the head of a clan / (archaic) a skilled craftsman

elder/older brother / honorific referencing an older brother figure

attaches to a name referencing an older brother figure: Mister, Mr.