dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
bogeyman; boogeyman; bogyman; boogieman
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
teacher; instructor; professor
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
capable of anything; liable to do
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
headquarters; head office; main office
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
information retrieval; IR; investor relations; integrated resort; infrared radiation; infrared
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
how many years; how long; what year