to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
town; city; municipal; urban
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
terrified; horrified; trembling with fear
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
horror film; horror movie
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
the place for; the time for; the level of
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
uncertainty; indefiniteness
questions and answers; dialogue
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
subsidy; grant; assistance payment
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
as before; as ever; as it was originally
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
no match for; cannot compete with; cannot stand; cannot bear; unable to do; cannot do