oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
destruction; collapse; crumbling
each place; various places
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
aging; wearing out; deterioration
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect
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
several people; a few people
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
rather; better; instead; if anything
calamity; disaster; accident
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
belief; faith; conviction
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
document; official papers
murder; homicide; manslaughter
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
vice; immorality; corruption
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation