my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
reduction by half; halving
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
having not the slightest idea
murder for pleasure; lust murder
reason; cause; history; origin
condition of fire; heat level; fire strength
understood; I see; OK; present; here
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
of tender years; very young
meditation; contemplation
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
commerce; trade; business
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
parents and siblings; one's relatives
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
true character; true heart; true spirit
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to cry and shout; to scream
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
victim; injured party; sufferer