extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to wet; to moisten; to dampen
fatal accident; deadly accident
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
in this manner; in this way; like this
to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden
first meeting; first interview with
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
original word; original language
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
succession struggle; succession race
finance business; moneylending business
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
the n-th generation head of a family
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
spouse; wife; husband; partner
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic