to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
disclosure; exposure; revelation
intensification; aggravation
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
town; city; municipal; urban
scorched-earth strategy (policy, tactics)
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
favourite horse; favorite horse
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
to forget completely; to leave behind
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
lifting a curse; breaking a spell; disenchantment
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
demoness; witch; ogress; married woman
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to challenge (a person) to a fight
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense