taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
adoration; admiration; devotion
a glance; a look; a glimpse
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
one act (of a play); scene; event
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire
in the end; at the end of the day
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
puddle of blood; pool of blood
calm; composed; leisurely
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
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)
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to tie; to bind; to fasten
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
superb view; picturesque scenery
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
(opening of a) wound; cut
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
several years; a few years
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
genuine; authentic; true; real
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate