black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
ninja throwing knives; medieval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
to cut downward; to slash downward
god (esp. the Christian God)
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
order; directive; instructions; command
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
elderly Confucian scholar
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
reaching the shore; docking a boat
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot); forerunner; pioneer
mailbox; letter box; mailbox; inbox
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
healthy; sound; wholesome
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to the end; entirely; in full
sales message; sales copy
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
frail; flimsy; insubstantial; insignificant; lacking gravitas
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
state of the war; war situation
dance of death; danse macabre
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
rampage; ruckus; bout of wild behavior
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition