to claim victims; to leave casualties
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
preservation; retainment; keeping
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
putting into operation; invocation
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
fate; destiny; predestination
double suicide; lovers' suicide
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
this for sure; certainly is
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to sink (into); to get depressed
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
acrobatics; risky undertaking
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)