in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
how many years; how long; what year
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
if you think about it; come to think of it
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
prime minister; premier; chancellor
rebirth; new birth; nascent
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
one by one; one after another; successively
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone