dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
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.)
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
place; situation; position; location
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
mooring line; mooring rope; painter
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to cut one's way through the waves
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen