ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
military of the Empire of Japan
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
capacity; volume; capacitance
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction