putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
on the occasion of; at the time of
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
emotional scars; mental trauma
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
line; queue; procession; matrix
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
28th day of the month; 28 days
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures (1871)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
zest for living; energy to live
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
around the world; throughout the world
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since