ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
a few years ago; some years back
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
stabbing to death; putting out
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
curse; spell; malediction
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
square drill; regular pyramid
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
true state; actual condition; reality
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
gushing out; welling up; springing up
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
epidemic; plague; pestilence
small fraction; small proportion
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)