superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
results; record; grades; marks
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
otherwise; or else; if not
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
heart attack; myocardial infarction
fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure