adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
one's original family name; maiden name
personal history; background; career
war; fighting; fierce competition
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
postwar period; period after Second World War
alteration; falsification; faking
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
wealthy individual; person of wealth
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
main text; original text; this book; this volume
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
foreign; abroad; overseas
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
meditation; contemplation
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
pilgrim; nomad; itinerant
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy