weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
great war; great battle; world war
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to temper thoroughly; to train well
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
penetration; permeation; transmission
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to explain; to dispel doubts
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to bridge (e.g. cultural divides, technical differences, etc.); to bring together
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire