book; volume; this; present; main; head
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
really; truly; indeed; good grief
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
to thrust away; to send flying
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
married woman; another's wife
such ... as; or some such
riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
physical condition; state of health
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
than; from; out of; except; but; more
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to make up one's mind; to be determined
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to make an appearance; to show up
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
suddenly; all of a sudden