to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
stringing a bow; person who strings bows; crescent moon; paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
senior high school student
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
true ancestor; var. of vampire (in fiction)
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
young girl; lass; adolescent female
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to order; to command; to appoint
to run about; to rush about
sovereign; emperor; monarch
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
commandant; commanding officer; general
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to have a narrow escape from death
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation