world; society; people; the public
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to spread; to be propagated
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
in the end; on top of that
destination; place one stays during a trip
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
coexistence; living together
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
living thing; living creature; animal; life
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
drinking bout; merrymaking
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to be jealous; to be envious
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
nothing but; none other than