to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to be bony; to be angular
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
will not do; do not; does not
command; lead; generalship; leadership
suddenly; all of a sudden
second day of the month; two days
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
thought; consideration; thinking
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
every person; every mouth; every entrance