strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
eruption; volcanic eruption
major earthquake; large earthquake
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to be found; to be discovered
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
society; the world; the times
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
good; goodness; right; virtue
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
day after day; day by day
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane