one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
light; faint; pale; fleeting
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
god of death; death deity; Death
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
survival; survivor; relic
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher