to survive

an effort, an endeavor

to endeavor, to make an effort

(obsolete) mortal / desperate, frantic, with all one's might

mortality / desperation / (shogi) brinkmate

stern, grave, forbidding; dignified, stately / strict, unforgiving / tight, close, without gaps / harsh, tough, extreme, severe, hard to withstand (said of natural phenomena)

(rare, archaic) wondrous, miraculous, splendid, sublime / (rare, archaic) dignified, solemn, stern, noble, refined / (rare, archaic) beautiful, pretty

the way in which something is tightly packed or close together without gaps

environment, surroundings / the natural environment

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend