leading part; leading actor; leading actress
villain; baddie; the villain's part
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to gather strength; to take heart
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
sphere; counter for balls
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
the place for; the time for; the level of
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
innumerable; countless; numberless
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
commencing with; including
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
(political) power; authority; influence
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to manage a state; to govern a country
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
contest; comparison; competition