because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
God; god; ace; king; superior person
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
oracle; revelation; divine message
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
to look forward to something
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
chocolate chips; chocolate chip
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
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)
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
people; men and women; each person; everybody
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
Mu (legendary lost continent)
Atlantis; Atlantis (space shuttle)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated