work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
library; book collection; paperback book
publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
new book; new publication
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
event; phenomenon; matter
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
accumulation; accumulate; store
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
the West; the Occident; Western countries
magic sword; cursed sword
fabric (pattern) of human relationships
abuse; misuse; perversion
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
Committee of the National Diet
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
conflict; complication; troubles; discord