dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
desperation; struggle to the death
starvation; famine; hunger
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
founder; originator; pioneer
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
transcendency; detachment
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
double; twice (as much); twofold
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish