crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
surface of the earth; ground surface
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to accept; to receive; to agree
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
calamity; disaster; accident
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
hedge; fence; border; limit
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
great war; great battle; world war
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole