worship; adoration; admiration; cult
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
pretension; conceit; hubris
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
The Flying Dutchman (opera by Wagner, 1843)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
body donation; (arch.) becoming naked
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
husband and wife; married couple
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
the public; general public
empty show; frivolity; levity
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to gather; to collect; to assemble
Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
tradition; legend; folklore
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
human kindness; human weakness
convention; tired tradition; old custom
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
drama; play; powerful drug
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
senility; dotage; decrepitude