to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
invisibly; secretly; privately
loser; defeated person; the defeated
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
old or veteran army general
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
loyal retainer; loyal subject
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
prime minister; premier; chancellor
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
distortion; falsification; perversion
good feeling; feeling good
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
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
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)