safety zone; traffic island
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
explosive; blasting powder
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to be too late; to be too slow
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
going straight on; going straight ahead
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to pierce through; to break through
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
right under; directly below
land subsidence; decline in influence
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly