diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to be helpful; to be useful
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
transfer; transport; removal
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
optimism; taking an optimistic view
day and night; around the clock
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
fort; stronghold; fortification
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to raise one's voice; to shout
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling