interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
reading matter; reading material
wherein; therein; thereinto
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to differ; to vary; to disagree
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
parallel world; parallel universe
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
movie director; film director
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
imagination; supposition; guess
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
reality; actuality; hard fact
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
racially homogeneous; monoracial
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
those (near the second person)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
of no interest; not interested
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...