intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)
long coat; full-length coat
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
personal feelings; self-interest
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
sanity; consciousness; soberness
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
synesthesia (synaesthesia)
disintegration; self-destruction
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
short pause; short interval
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
curse; spell; malediction
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
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)
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow