safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
such; like that; that sort of
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
choice; selection; option
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
by your leave; with your permission
name; given name; first name
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to say; to be called; to do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
chapter one; first chapter