stunning; electrifying; striking; eye-popping; brilliant
background research; research into the period
remembrance; recollection; recognition
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
every evening; night after night
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
square formation (of troops); magic square
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
seal (letters, documents, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
considerably; fairly; quite
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to escape from; to get out
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy