ancient times; distant past; antiquity
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
underground; subterranean
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
very much; very many; more and more
for example; for instance; e.g.
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
to relate to; to connect with
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
atomic reactor; nuclear reactor
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
3000; three thousand; many
mountain range; mountain belt
distance across; diameter
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
long ago; a long time ago; already
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
to complain; to make a complaint
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words