fire brigade; fire company
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
steam pump (esp. on a fire engine)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
Independence Day celebration
head; lead; vanguard; first
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
the very best; excellent; superb
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
person concerned; interested party; related party
to be worried; to be troubled
briefer; elucidator; exponent; expositor; explainer
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
forced compliance; coercion; compulsion
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
great swordsman; master fencer
antiquity; the previous era
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
sickle and chain (weapon)
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
honour; honor; glory; privilege
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn