on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
as a child; when one was a child
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
castaway story (e.g. Robinson Crusoe); drifter's adventure tale
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
supporting role (actor); minor role
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
letters (characters) indicating the end of a movie (The End, Fin, etc.); indication of the end (of something)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
not understanding; not knowing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
such; this sort of; like this
beforehand; in advance; previously
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable