widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
destruction; annihilation; extermination
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity
to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
hostility; animosity; enmity
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
in good health; alive and well; going strong
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to make up one's mind; to be determined
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips