random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
near oneself; close to one; familiar
a few years ago; some years back
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to take on a role; to take part
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
as many (people) as possible
need for social approval and self-esteem
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
action of making something; -ification
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha