to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
songwriting (words and music)
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
pioneering; path-breaking; trailblazing
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose
Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to use up all one's strength
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
interruption; suspension; break
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
pre-war days; before the war
(your) daughter; young woman
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
while alive; during one's lifetime
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly