taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
employee; employer; person hiring others
thorough; exhaustive; complete
bashful; shameful; ashamed
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
recovery; rescue; recapture
southern part; the south (of a region)
talk; recital; narration; topic
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
in history; ever; historical
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
men and women of all ages
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
leader; guide; mentor; coach
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
war; battle; match; game; competition
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to mark the end; to spell the end