judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
brightness; splendour; splendor
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
government service; the bureaucracy
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to resound (echo) far and wide
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to pause; to have a short intermission
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to join together; to combine; to join up
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
death from cold; freezing to death
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)