roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
Katharine; Katherine; Katheryn
short pause; short interval
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
one end; an end; part; fragment
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
instead; but (on the other hand)
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
very likely; very probable
heaven and earth; top and bottom
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
nurses' station; nursing station
sickroom; hospital room; ward
operating room; operating theatre
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
separate; respective; different
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement