to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
polite; courteous; hospitable
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
story of one's experiences
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
everyday life; daily life
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
on the way back; returning
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
nothing but; none other than
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
decline; downfall; ruin(ation)
failure; mistake; blunder
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
drifting; drift; being adrift
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught