whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
historic; historical; traditional
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
major earthquake; large earthquake
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
natural calamity; disaster
scale; scope; plan; structure
the whole area; all areas
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
destruction; collapse; crumbling
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
elevation; height above sea level
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
tenement house; row house
each house; every house; many houses
to withstand; to be able to endure
grade; class; degree; magnitude
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
wooden building; wooden architecture
(licensed) red light district
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
every person; every mouth; every entrance
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells