start; commencement; beginning; initiation
beginning; outset; first; onset
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
serious; severe; grave; acute
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
poison suicide; suicide by poisoning
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
vice-minister; undersecretary
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
bureau director; office chief
death penalty; capital punishment
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
to bawl; to cry; to scream
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten