calamity; disaster; misfortune
scale; scope; plan; structure
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to try all possible means
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
discovery; detection; finding
undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
members; member; constituent
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
survival; survivor; relic
village headman; village mayor
thereupon; shortly thereafter
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends