(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
royal castle; imperial castle
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
time; hour; period; class
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
perfect; complete; flawless
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
fall; drop; descent; coming down
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil