safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to live through; to survive
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
beyond that point; after that
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
appearance; expression; manifestation
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
of tender years; very young
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt