one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
creation; Creation (by God)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to talk big; to be bombastic
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
classmate; friend in the same class
around the world; throughout the world
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
don't do anything rash!; keep composed!
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts