top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
alone; by oneself; on one's own
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
stubborn; obstinate; self-willed; headstrong
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
individual; one by one; separate; each
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to bring up under one's personal care
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
forum (in an ancient Roman city); form; shape
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of