cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
painter; artist; illustrator
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
scattered; separated; dispersed
wandering; roaming; drifting
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
chain; series; connection; linkage
half-human, half-beast; therianthropic
(not) even once; (not) ever
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
mass of rock; rock lump; block
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
I shouldn't say this, but
way; method; means; resource; course
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety