goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
product; produce; result; fruit
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to be badly made; to fail
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
how; in what way; how about; questionable
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
down payment; contract money
that is to say; so that means
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
back street; back alley; off-street
discovery; detection; finding
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
no!; no no!; no, not at all
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
fireball; bolide; fireball
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to torment; to harass; to tease
no way to do; nothing can be done
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
material; substance; matter
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)