stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; controlling
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
private tutor; coach; governess
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
order; sequence; procedure
the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
beginning (of a century, etc.)
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to gaze out at; to look out over
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to need; to demand; to take; to require
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
art of drawing and painting
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian