seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
in the end; at the end of the day
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
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
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
God; god; ace; king; superior person
living thing; living creature; animal; life
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
society; public; community; social studies
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
meaning; significance; sense
episode; anecdote; vignette
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that