(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
widow spider (of genus Latrodectus)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
temptress; vamp; siren; femme fatale; evil woman; she-devil
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
universality; ubiquity; omnipresence; catholicity
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
base (military, expedition, etc.)
professional job; profession
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
creating a mystery; mystification
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
spread; span; expanse; extent
yoke; constraints; oppression
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
original idea; originality
many; much; plenty; hardly
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)