man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
official test for a secretarial qualification
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
and yet; though; when; in spite of
preface; introduction; preamble
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
establishment; settlement
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
optimization; optimisation
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
macro; macro (instruction)
both; both sides; both parties
to happen to have on hand or in stock
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web