mask; disguise; guise; mask
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
by all means; at all costs
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
to be worried; to be troubled
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
tool; implement; means; furniture
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
supreme; sublime; highest
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth