ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
almost; roughly; approximately
(right at the) side; just beside
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
pair; the two; both persons; both things
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
considerably; greatly; a lot
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
while; even though; despite
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
comparatively; relatively
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
instant; moment; for an instant
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else