to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
soldier; combatant; warrior
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to gain a victory; to win
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to shed light; to cast light
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
in good health; alive and well; going strong
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
nothing but; none other than
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
how long; how far; how much
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
individual; private person; personal; private
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
right (to do something); authority; power
duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings