to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
bathing (swimming) in cold water
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
this is why; this means; it is the case that
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
obedience; submission; resignation
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
here and there; in places
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to revere; to respect; to worship
people; citizens; subjects; folk
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
authority; power; influence
to shake; to waver; to tremble
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
second day of the month; two days
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned