tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
mysterious and unconfirmed animals (e.g. chupacabra, etc.)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
minigame; mini game; subgame; practice game (usu. with reduced players)
war; battle; match; game; competition
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to become keen on; to get passionate about
password; watchword; motto; slogan
transfer student; student changing schools
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
talk; conversation; dialogue
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
food; food products; foodstuffs
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over