block (of wood); chip; splinter
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
submersion; inundation; being flooded
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
burned down; entirely destroyed
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to become famous; to gain fame
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
to become misty; to become hazy
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use