to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
mediator; manager; caretaker
middle of the night; dead of night
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
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
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
exactly; just; punctually; exactly on time; clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.)
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
several people; a few people
only; merely; but; no more than
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.