mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to assemble; to set up; to construct
bad influence; negative influence
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
to check; to stop; to keep back
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
appropriate move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
creation; Creation (by God)
authority; power; function
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
real experience; actual observations
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
with a crack; with a smash
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
finishing blow; coup de grâce
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to tighten; to press hard
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it