joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
charming; fascinating; attractive
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
consists of; comprises; is made up of
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
writing (e.g. as a profession)
hundred days; lengthy time
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
ringing of a bell; bell ringer
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
devil; evil spirit; genie
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
etc.; et cetera; and so on
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
question and answer session
official history; authorized history
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are
to follow; to conform; to apply to
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan