ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
horizon (related to bodies of water)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
meeting; facing; confronting
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to get scarce; to run short
starvation; famine; hunger
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to approach; to draw near
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
arc shape; crescent shape
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
persons who have fallen in battle
serious wound; serious injury
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light