indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
to be silent; to say nothing
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to some extent; to a certain extent
to pretend; to act (as if)
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
cracks or fissures in the ground
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to spit out; to eject; to dump
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
the ways of the world; human nature
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to do together; to share; to participate in
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
river; stream; River; the ... river
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
at first; in the beginning; originally
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something