manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
war; fighting; fierce competition
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
while; even though; despite
in one's own way or style
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
item; something that one "just has to have"
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
one by one; one at a time; in turn
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
down to earth; reasonable
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
self-defense; self-defence