company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to rule; to govern; to administer
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
accurate; correct; precise; exact
ectogenesis; outside the body
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
joints; points (of a speech)
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
how long; how far; how much
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to be consistent; to be coherent
to overflow from something full
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to be able to manage somehow or another
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
preparatory phase; preparatory period