bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
power; might; authority; influence
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
from the beginning; from scratch
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
to subsist; to keep on living
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
being too late; losing one's final chance
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
big catch (fishing); good haul