patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
already; now; no longer; not any more
society; public; community; social studies
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
global scale; worldwide scale
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
largest class; top category
calamity; disaster; misfortune
influence; effect; impact
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
of course; certainly; naturally
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
unprecedented; never seen before
scale; scope; plan; structure
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
accurate; correct; precise; exact
casualties; the killed and wounded
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
(suffering) damage; injury; harm