snake; serpent; large snake
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
don't you think?; indicates question
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
hating; strongly disliking
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
firing line; caustic curve
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
carnivore; carnivorous animal
conduct; behavior; behaviour
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
unmatched (unparalleled) accuracy
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
ghoul; corpse-eating demon
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
transcendence; transcendency
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to be badly made; to fail
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
maintenance; preservation; improvement