gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
hostility; animosity; enmity
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
mature; becoming precocious
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation