to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
very great; enormous; serious
blow; shock; strike; batting
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
conviction; belief; confidence
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
state of mind; mentality; psychology
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to anticipate; to foresee
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to be consistent; to be coherent
moving; touching; stirring
deep emotion; strong feelings
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity