noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties
desperately; recklessly; rush headlong
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
to jump into; to rush into
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
this (very thing); this precisely
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all