to live; to reside; to inhabit
covered with; stained; smeared
each nation; many nations; many countries
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
major incident; major happening; big scandal
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
original story; original version; this volume
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
to forget completely; to leave behind
to get tired out; to be exhausted
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
birth; creation; formation
preface; introduction; preamble
trust; confidence; credence
to listen again; to ask again
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
ten (long cylindrical things)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
hostile relations; hostile relationship
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
conference room; council room