dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
to take over; to hand over
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to order; to command; to appoint
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to recover consciousness; to come to
seizure; attachment; foreclosure
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
polite; respectful; reverent
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
decapitation; decapitated head
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
stay of execution; suspended sentence
supervised; under surveillance
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
important cultural property; important cultural asset
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
(only) one option; one possible choice