advanced level; high grade; senior
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to find out; to discover; to locate
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to give directions; to issue instructions
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
length (of an animal); body length
ten; 10; ten years of age
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
string made from twisted paper
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
two (long cylindrical things)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
preference; priority; precedence
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
mediocre ability; person of ordinary skills; uninteresting (trivial, worthless) move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)