the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
multiplication; synergism
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
Dark Continent (i.e. Africa)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
right in the midst of; right at the height of
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
spread; span; expanse; extent
to perceive; to understand
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
unique; peculiar; singular
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
genuine article; real thing; real deal
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous