to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
stairs; stairway; staircase
one day; (on) a certain day
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
isolation; being alone; being friendless
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
distrust of (other) human beings
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to pluck; to pick; to tear
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
scenery; scene; landscape
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
underworld; underside of society
(social) position; status
establishment; settlement
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
reality; actuality; hard fact
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat