relation; connection; relevance
to break a dam; to burst out
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
to pick up; to find; to gather
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to name; to call; to christen; to term
son and heir; son who will succeed one
Katharine; Katherine; Katheryn
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
almost every day; almost daily
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to demean; to despise; to treat with contempt; to abase
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
Linton; Linton (Japanese brand of haloperidol)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
destination; place one stays during a trip
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)