to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
moderate faction; moderates
radical party; extremists
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
influence (on someone); inspiration
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
cleavage (between breasts)
to get between; to be caught in
contradiction; inconsistency
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
bacterium; bacteria; germ
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)