one's physical safety; personal security
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
also known as; also called
to ask a question; to ask questions
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
authenticity; credibility
contradiction; inconsistency
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
difficult problem; challenge
patriarch; head of a family
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
way of speaking; intimation
real intention; true motive; true meaning
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
(I am) not sure; (I) can't say which
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature