to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
fresh taste; novelty; originality; freshness
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
dark; not understood; unknown
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
to employ; to hire; to charter
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
to take charge during someone's absence
prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to add (e.g. a postscript)
large crowd; mass of people
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
the dead of night; praying all night in a shrine or temple
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
too much; excessively; too
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief