grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane
first time; first; initial
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
intimidation; threat; bluster
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
dark clouds; black clouds
horizon (related to bodies of water)
to come into being; to be born
in the same way as; just like
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
the same age; same period
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
scandal; bribery case; graft case
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
successively; one after another
reading circle; reading group; book club