steel; sword steel; sword
to say (something) over one's shoulder
abusive language; violent language; wild words
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
troublesome; annoying; complicated
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
closing (a place); closing down (e.g. a theatre)
topic of discussion; agenda
research publication; scholarly publication
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
copycat criminal; copycat crime
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
being the only loser; losing by oneself
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
interference; obstruction; sabotage
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
at; in; at; when; by; with
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
half the body; half length