vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(I) found it; (I) found you
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to become muddy; to become slushy
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to bury; to embed; to implant
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
legendary beast; magical beast
to step over or across; to overcome
foreign enemy; outside invader
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to indicate; to show; to point to
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
to spread; to be propagated
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
of course; certainly; naturally