excelling; surpassing; outdoing
systematisation; systematization
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
the way back; the way home; return trip
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
preface; introduction; preamble
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
unauthorized; without permission; unapproved; lack of permission; absence of authorization
compliments; civilities; hospitality; special treatment; bill (at a restaurant); check
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
high and low; rise and fall
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
firm; unshakeable; resolute
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
the same; the said; likewise
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to cross the line; to go too far
of tender years; very young
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
at a young age; while still young
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement