ability; performance; efficiency
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
continuation; succession; series
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
power supply unit; PSU; power module
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
self-destruct system; automatic detonator; self-detonating device
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
regret; repentance; remorse
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
spirituality; spiritual nature
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration