vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
innumerable; countless; numberless
journey; route of a journey
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
belief; faith; conviction
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
clergyman; churchman; clergy
to get help; to enlist aid
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to be infected; to be contagious
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
assertion; declaration; affirmation
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is