envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
depending on; dependent on
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to surround; to crowd around
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
swiftness of foot; fast runner; person of great talent; gifted person
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully