charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
reduction by half; halving
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
starting point; starting line
another dimension; different level; whole other level
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
environmental destruction
trend of the times; way things are going
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
such a thing; something like that
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
to tumble down; to roll down
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
catching up on one's sleep; storing up sleep; getting extra sleep while one has the chance
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha