coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
atrocity; (arch.) treason
devil; evil spirit; genie
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
indecent talk; obscene talk; lewd conversation; dirty story; smut
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
sky; the heavens; God; the Lord; ascension (into heaven)
to scold severely; to thunder against; to give someone hell
beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt (in Chinese mythology)
short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke
cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
contest; comparison; competition
to hate each other; to hate mutually
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
offense; offence; crime; punishment
agreement; stipulation; contract
like water; like it grows on trees
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
secret of nature; profound secret; disposition; character; emperor's health; emperor's well-being
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
bipartite; in two parts; double
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
synchronization; synchronized swimming