twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.); advanced rank; grade of black belt
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
person holding a dan rank; black belt (martial arts); dan player (go, shogi)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like