bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
distance in a straight line
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
Yggdrasil; The World Tree
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
for a while; for some time; for a period
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
three; three years of age
site; point on a map; spot
in order; in turn; one by one
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
reduced scale; scaling down
accurate; correct; precise; exact
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
that is to say; so that means
double; twice (as much); twofold
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
boundless; infinite; vast
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to