to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
island in a pond or river
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
department (faculty) of literature
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
author; writer; novelist; artist
critic; reviewer; commentator
literary art; literary activity; writing
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
one's chief (literary) work; main work
three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
Darius (video game series)
primeval forest; virgin forest
since the dawn of history
conifer; needle-leaved tree
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
had better ...; had better not ...
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
three-cornered hat; tricorne
to be stripped of all one has
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that