to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
long ago; a long time ago; already
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
by myself; in person; by oneself
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
pride; boast; credit (to)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
to cover fully; to wrap around
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to pierce through; to break through