bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to begin to walk; to set out
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); the seven days of the week
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station); subpoena
armaments; military preparations
to have a narrow escape from death
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
laughing foolishly; cackling
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
exactly as stated; verbatim
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
legitimate; orthodox; traditional