beforehand; in advance; previously
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
it's not like; it isn't as if
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
calm; composed; cool; quiet
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
both hands; both arms; ten
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
release; emission; ejection
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate