world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to finish reading; to read through
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
at once; there and then; immediately
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to give an impression; to make an impression
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
make good use of; make the most of
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
property; fortune; assets
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
power; authority; influence
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
hard (life); tough (world)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand