citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
composite; combined; complex
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
human rights; civil liberties
natural right; right under natural law
the philosophy of the European Enlightenment
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
global scale; worldwide scale
daylight hours; hours of sunshine
serious; severe; grave; acute
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
confections; sweets; candy; cake
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
government; administration
forbearance; omission; nonfeasance; inaction
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
explanation; interpretation
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
climax; peak; zenith; apex
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger