among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to hypnotize; to hypnotise
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
vaguely frightening; somehow terrifying; spooky
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
whole nation; whole land; whole country
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to