massive failure; debacle; fiasco
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
most of all; extremely; supremely
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
(having) life-and-death power (over)
memory; sense; experience
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to repeat; to be frequent
like this; this sort; this way
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
evening; early night hours
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
stealthy steps; soft steps
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
unique; peculiar; singular
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
superstition; superstitious belief
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
in succession; one after another