disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
unidentified mysterious animal
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
changing completely; transformation
loser; defeated person; the defeated
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to wring the neck; to strangle
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
(social) position; status
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
sinking; submerging; sinker; weight
eruption; volcanic eruption