monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
tedious; boring; being fed up with
curse; spell; malediction
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
ability; performance; efficiency
function; facility; faculty; feature
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
action of making something; -ification
general manager; GM; guided missile; genetically modified; GM
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to jar; to creak; to grate
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
all; entire; whole; altogether
go that far; to that extent
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
to rock; to shake; to swing
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
genuine article; real thing; real deal