to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
concealment; suppression; hiding
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
how many people; a number of people
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
inundation; submersion; flood
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
revival; restoration; resuscitation
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
influential person; man of importance
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
alteration; falsification; faking
auditor (Edo period); examiner; inquisitor; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)