inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
covered with; stained; smeared
to smile a smile of satisfaction
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
moving about; stirring about
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
arrest; apprehension; capture
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
flood of emotions; many thoughts
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to start using; to try out
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
standing tall; towering; soaring
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings