smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to lay aside; to set aside
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
admiration; being impressed (by)
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
lately; recently; nowadays
exclusive; attached to; specialist
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
smoothly; easily; readily
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
in line with this; therefore
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
distinction; differentiation; classification
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
knowing; (an) acquaintance