getting on board; sailor; seaman
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
custom; habit; customary practice
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
death rate; mortality rate
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
to be profitable; to yield a profit
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
to buy again; to buy anew
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
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
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
capacity; volume; capacitance
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large