border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
teacher; instructor; professor
favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
fear; dread; fright; willies
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
in the meanwhile; during the time
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
by all means; at all costs
strong motivation; aggressive ambition; hunger for success; (lit.) hungry spirit
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
don't you think?; indicates question
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
silence (not speaking); muteness
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
intensive training; extra hard training
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
movie; film; motion picture
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled
soldier; combatant; warrior