to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
difficult to ...; hard to ...
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
legal; lawful; legitimate
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
undeclared income; unreported earnings; unreported income
source of funds; resources; finances
great person; eminent figure
if you think about it; come to think of it
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
chief vassal; senior statesman
to degenerate; to lapse into
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
firm promise; definite promise
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
to shake; to waver; to tremble
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
paints; painting material
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration