to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
how many years; how long; what year
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
southern tip; southern end; southernmost part
common name; popular name; secular name (of a Buddhist monk)
cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
to hand (over); to deliver in person
duty; obligation; responsibility
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
other things; the rest; leisure tasks
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
crematory; place where things are burned
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief