companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
very popular; highly favoured
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
offensive (movement); aggression
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
favorite; favourite; habitually used
excellent; superb; first-rate
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
declaration; proclamation; announcement
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
must not; should not; do not
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
noted product; local specialty
diamond dust; ice crystals