rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
ringleader; accomplished villain
Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
(commander, visiting dignitary) going on board (warship, plane)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
(the crime of) high treason
criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
interior; inside; internal
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
high and low (social standing)
putting an entire family to death
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally